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Prevention of Perioperative Infection
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, 2007Surgical site infection is one of the most common complications that a surgeon encounters, with an infection occurring after approximately 780,000 operations in the United States each year1. In the era of evidence-based medicine, it is in the best interest of patients and physicians to follow practices backed by basic science and clinical data ...
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Rotavirus infection and prevention
Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1997The major advance in knowledge about rotavirus infection and prevention has been in vaccine development. Several large studies of tetravalent rhesis rotavirus vaccine have had encouraging results, and a first-generation vaccine is likely to be licensed by the 25th anniversary of the discovery of rotavirus (in 1973).
G L, Barnes, R F, Bishop
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Prevention of Infection in the Nursery
Nursing Clinics of North America, 1980Most infants are "sterile" when admitted to the newborn nursery. Rapid colonization of microorganisms in the infant then occurs. Colonization of virulent microorganisms can overwhelm the immature local and systemic immunity of a newborn infant. Cannulae, catheters, and assisted ventilation can bypass these fragile defenses.
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AIDS, 1994
This paper presents a study which critically reviews the scientific literature on AIDS prevention programs in an attempt to determine the extent to which behavioral intervention research has demonstrated the efficacy of methods for risk behavior reduction.
K H, Choi, T J, Coates
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This paper presents a study which critically reviews the scientific literature on AIDS prevention programs in an attempt to determine the extent to which behavioral intervention research has demonstrated the efficacy of methods for risk behavior reduction.
K H, Choi, T J, Coates
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Prevention of Postoperative Infections
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1972If the incidence of nosocomial infection in surgical patients is to be reduced, the present approach to prevention and control must be re-evaluated and technological data from other sciences brought to bear. A checklist system for closer control is presented.
I, Feller, K E, Richards, C L, Pierson
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Preventing Orthopedic Infections
Infectious Disease Clinics of North AmericaThe prevention of orthopedic infections is of critical importance to improve patient outcomes and reduce health care costs. Preventative strategies can be employed preoperatively, including mitigation of medical risk factors, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonization, appropriate skin preparation, and optimizing perioperative ...
Alaina S, Ritter, Simon, Mears
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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, 2008
Prevention of infection during natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) was identified as one of the most important challenges for translumenal surgery. Does infection prevention during NOTES warrant such attention? This article summarizes the accumulated data about septic complications during translumenal surgery.
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Prevention of infection during natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) was identified as one of the most important challenges for translumenal surgery. Does infection prevention during NOTES warrant such attention? This article summarizes the accumulated data about septic complications during translumenal surgery.
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Prevention of Postoperative Infection
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1991Endophthalmitis remains one of the most feared complications of intraocular surgery despite advances in treatment that allow salvage of functional vision in many affected eyes. A recent survey of 23 625 cases of extracapsular cataract extraction at a major teaching hospital demonstrated a rate of clinical diagnosis of endophthalmitis of 0.089% 1 ; this
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