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Development of a single, practical measure of surgical site infection (SSI) for patient report or observer completion

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the third most common hospital-associated infection and can lead to significant patient morbidity and healthcare costs. Identification of SSIs is key to surveillance and research but reliable assessment is challenging, particularly after hospital disch...

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Autores principales: Macefield, Rhiannon C, Reeves, Barnaby C, Milne, Thomas K, Nicholson, Alexandra, Blencowe, Natalie S, Calvert, Melanie, Avery, Kerry NL, Messenger, David E, Bamford, Richard, Pinkney, Thomas D, Blazeby, Jane M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1757177416689724