Implementation of a Bundle of Care to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  van der Slegt, Jasper ^a   van der Laan, Lijckle ^a   Veen, Eelco J ^a   Hendriks, Yvonne ^a   Romme, Jannie ^a   Kluytmans, Jan ^a,b  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE HAIR REMOVAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84881508218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071566     Document Type: Article

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