The application of evidence-based measures to reduce surgical site infections during orthopedic surgery - report of a single-center experience in Sweden

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Andersson, Annette Erichsen ^a,b   Bergh, Ingrid ^c   Karlsson, Jón ^b,d   Eriksson, Bengt I ^b,d   Nilsson, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DEVICE INFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL FIXATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SWEDEN; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84869052987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-6-11     Document Type: Article

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