Changing Use of Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Thika Hospital, Kenya: A Quality Improvement Intervention with an Interrupted Time Series Design

INTRODUCTION: In low-income countries, Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is a common form of hospital-acquired infection. Antibiotic prophylaxis is an effective method of preventing these infections, if given immediately before the start of surgery. Although several studies in Africa have compared pre-o...

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Autores principales: Aiken, Alexander M., Wanyoro, Anthony K., Mwangi, Jonah, Juma, Francis, Mugoya, Isaac K., Scott, J. Anthony G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078942

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078942

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