Infection Control

Book chapter

Graham M Snyder, Eli N Perencevich and Anthony D Harris

Evidence‐Based Infectious Diseases, pp.227-249

Wiley‐Blackwell

08/28/2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444301601.ch14

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Staphylococcus aureus elimination with mupirocin ointment and chlorhexidine scrub

neutrophilic bactericidal activity ‐ mediated by superoxide radical‐dependent oxidative killing

surgical site infections (SSIs) ‐ incisional or organ/organ space infections

perioperative warming

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special populations

infection control

burden of illness, cost, and relevance to clinical practice

incidence of SSIs ‐ depending on surgeon, hospital, procedure type, and individual patient risk factors

Title: Subtitle: Infection Control
Creators: Graham M Snyder - Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel, Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Eli N Perencevich - Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, USA
Anthony D Harris - Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Contributors: Mark Loeb (Editor) - Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Fiona Smaill (Editor) - Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Marek Smieja (Editor) - Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Evidence‐Based Infectious Diseases, pp.227-249
DOI: 10.1002/9781444301601.ch14
Publisher: Wiley‐Blackwell; Oxford, UK
Number of pages: 22
Language: English
Date published: 08/28/2009
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984001165402771

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