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Int Wound J, 2023 Hospital‐acquired infections (HAIs) are considered a major challenge in health care systems. One of the main HAIs, playing an important role in increased morbidity and mortality, is surgical wound infection.
Ashoobi MT +9 more
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Nepal Journal of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprology, 2012 Background Surgical wound infection is a common problem among patients who undergo operation. Several factors play important role in this infection process including endemic nosocomial infection without proper infection control measures. Objectives To
B Thapa, D Karn, K Mahat
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Epidemiology and Microbiology of Surgical Wound Infections [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2000 ABSTRACT This study included 676 surgery patients with signs and symptoms indicative of wound infections, who presented over the course of 6 years. Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 614 individuals. A single etiologic agent was identified in 271 patients, multiple agents were found in 343, and no agent was identified in 62 ...
Oscar Cirioni +7 more
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Patient readmission for surgical wound infection [PDF]
BMC Proceedings, 2011 Surgical site infection (SSI) rates are underestimated mainly in the absence of a successful program of post discharge surveillance. Readmissions monitoring can contribute to accurate infection rates.
Torres LM, Lacerda RA, Turrini R
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The Timing of Prophylactic Administration of Antibiotics and the Risk of Surgical-Wound Infection [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 1992 David C. Classen +5 more
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2010 Purpose. To identify risk factors associated with surgical wound infection in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) undergoing surgery for orthopaedic trauma. Methods.
Anani Abalo +5 more
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Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection [PDF]
New England Journal of Medicine, 2000 Robert Greif +4 more
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Letter: Antibiotics in surgical wound infections. [PDF]
BMJ, 1975 A P Robertson, C A Ross, J Emslie
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MYCOPLASMA SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION IN A NEONATE
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1994 Brooker Rj, James D. Eason, Solimano A
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Surveillance of surgical site infections: methodical comparison of the IQTIG and KISS strategies
GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2021 Aim: In 2017, the Institute for Quality Assurance and Transparency in Healthcare (IQTIG) introduced a quality assurance system for the surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) on behalf the Federal Joint Committee.
Rittmeier, Sascha +6 more
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