BACKGROUND There are limited data on risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) after open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy. METHODS A retrospective cohort of commercially insured persons aged 18-64 years was assembled using International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) procedure or Current Procedural Terminology, 4th edition codes for cholecystec...

Surgery Graham Snyder, MD, SM; David S. Yassa, MD; Chloe W Eng, BS; Linda M Baldini, RN; Kamal Khabbaz, MD; Sharon B Wright, MD, MPH; Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute for Health Care Quality and Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, M...

The number of Internet users as well as the number of web sites on the Internet are rapidly rising. Users have numerous web sites to choose from while surfing the net, so the web sites are competing for the users’ attention and repeated visits. To achieve their goals whatever they may be the web sites must satisfy their visitors’ information and communication needs as much as possible within th...

A relevant feature of Social Network Sites is their ability to propagate units of information and create large distributed conversations. This phenomenon is particularly relevant because of the speed of information propagation, which is known to be much faster than within traditional media, and because of the very large amount of people that can potentially be exposed to information items. Whil...

BACKGROUND Currently, most hospitals in the United States are obliged to report infections that occur following total joint arthroplasty to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance. The objective of this study was to identify the risk factors of surgical site infections that were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review (phase 1) and prospective clinical study (phase 2). OBJECTIVES To identify independent risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI) and to evaluate the positive effect of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) to decrease the risk of SSI in patients with spinal metastasis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Surgery for spinal metastasis is associated with an increased risk of...

a bstra ct   background: vascular access complications are a major cause of excessive morbidity and mortality in the dialysis population. moreover, there is not sufficient research regarding the factors correlated with vascular access complications among hemodialysis patients. this study aimed to evaluate the vascular access complications and their related factors such as nursing techniques and...

safety issues have always been put forward as one of the major problems and primary concerns in construction industries in many countries. this paper will focus on the impact of safety training on safety climate and its relevant factors in two sites of a construction firm. the health and safety executive (hse) guide to safety climate tool that had been validated in iran was used to determine th...

INTRODUCTION The aim of the study was to define the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients who had surgical site infection (SSI) after hysterectomy. METHODOLOGY This study was a retrospective cohort study. The patient data of 840 subjects who had undergone any type of hysterectomy and reported SSI after surgery were obtained from the archives of a tertiary referral center. The di...