The effect of surgical care improvement project (SCIP) compliance on surgical site infections (SSI)

Medical Care

Volumn 52, Issue 2 SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages

  Cataife, Guido ^a   Weinberg, Daniel A ^a   Wong, Hui Hsing ^b   Kahn, Katherine L ^c  

^a IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; surgical care improvement project (SCIP); surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL CARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; SURGICAL INFECTION; URBAN AREA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892923305     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000028     Document Type: Article

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