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Update on preventing surgical site infections: here's what you need to know to identify patients at higher risk for SSIs and provide effective preventive strategies. These measures include good glucose control and well-timed prophylactic antibiotics
- Source :
- Contemporary OB/GYN. August, 2004, Vol. 49 Issue 8, p34, 11 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- We've long known that asepsis, antisepsis, and prophylactic antibiotics play a major role in reducing surgical wound infections. Even so, surgical site infections (SSI) will always be around to some [...]
- Subjects :
- Surgical wound infections -- Analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00903159
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Contemporary OB/GYN
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.121207416