Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization in orthopaedic surgery and reduction of surgical site infections infection

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2383-2399

  Chen, Antonia F ^a   Wessel, Charles B ^b   Rao, Nalini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISINFECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84879106233     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2875-0     Document Type: Review

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