Implementation of an infection prevention bundle to reduce surgical site infections and cost following spine surgery

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 988-990

  Featherall, Joseph ^a   Miller, Jacob A ^a   Bennett, E Emily ^b   Lubelski, Daniel ^c   Wang, Hannah ^a   Khalaf, Tagreed ^b   Krishnaney, Ajit A ^a,b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; INFECTION CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SPINE DISEASE;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SPINAL DISEASES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84997514360     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1794     Document Type: Letter

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