Sustained reduction in surgical site infection after abdominal hysterectomy

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 460-463

  Young, Heather ^a   Knepper, Bryan ^a   Vigil, Cathy ^a   Miller, Amber ^a   Carey, J Chris ^a   Price, Connie S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBESITY; POVIDONE-IODINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84887907844     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.113     Document Type: Article

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