Survey of preoperative infection prevention for coronary artery bypass graft procedures

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 736-737

  Injean, Patil ^a   McKinnell, James A ^b   Hsiue, Peter P ^a   Vangala, Sitaram ^a   Miller, Loren G ^b   Benharash, Peyman ^a   Brindis, Ralph G ^c   Gregson, Aric L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STANDARD OF CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84899825837     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676435     Document Type: Note

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