Most Surgical Infections Not Detected
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The not-so-hidden costs of surgical site infections.
Surgical site infections (SSIs) adversely affect approximately 500,000 patients annually, causing immense human suffering and taking a huge financial toll on patients, hospitals, insurance companies, and the government. National organizations have made recommendations for reducing SSIs, and many advances have been made in evidence-based practice recommendations that result in fewer SSIs. Reusab...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700004434