Reduction of Surgical Site Infections after Implementation of a Bundle of Care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Crolla, Rogier M P H ^a   van der Laan, Lijckle ^a   Veen, Eelco J ^a   Hendriks, Yvonne ^a   van Schendel, Caroline ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUNDLE OF CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COLON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84866036455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044599     Document Type: Article

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