SURGICAL MEASURES TO REDUCE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION IN OPEN COLORECTAL SURGERY
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Effectiveness of a care bundle to reduce surgical site infections in patients having open colorectal surgery.
Introduction In 2010 a care bundle was introduced by the Department of Health (DH) to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) in England. To date, use of the care bundle has not been evaluated despite incorporating interventions with resource implications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the DH SSI care bundle in open colorectal surgery. Methods A prospective cohort design was used at two ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery (ACES)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2146-8133
DOI: 10.5455/aces.20130411010429