Prevention and control of surgical site infections: Review of the Basel Cohort Study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Junker, Till ^a   Mujagic, Edin ^a   Hoffmann, Henry ^a   Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Misteli, Heidi ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b   Oertli, Daniel ^a   Tschudin Sutter, Sarah ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Marti, Walter R ^c   Weber, Walter P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health economics; Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis; Surgical glove perforation; Surgical site infection; Surgical training; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PERFORATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL GLOVE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; SWITZERLAND; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CEFUROXIME; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866283863     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13616     Document Type: Review

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