Surgical wound infections.

L. M. Harkavy; R. W. Haley; C. Patterson

Surgical wound infections.

L. M. Harkavy, R. W. Haley, C. Patterson

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Abstract

At the last meeting of the SURGIKOS Operating Room/Infection Control Combined Advisory Panel, guest speakers reviewed current thinking and practices that have an impact on surgical wound infections. Presentation topics included the role of the CDC, nursing and classification systems in controlling wound infections; cost effective epidemiologic methods of reducing infections; and outcomes of surgical wound infection prevention practices deemed critical by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The following is a brief overview of the presentations that guided panel discussions on these topics.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2-9
Number of pages	8
Journal	Asepsis
Volume	11
Issue number	2
State	Published - Dec 2 1989

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