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Preoperative oral hygiene recommendation before open-heart surgery: patients’ adherence and reduction of infections: a quality improvement study

AIM: To implement recommendations for oral hygiene before elective open-heart surgery in a thoracic surgery ward and to evaluate whether the number of patients who needed to be treated with antibiotics postoperatively was reduced. BACKGROUND: Healthcare systems are challenged to implement initiative...

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Autores principales: Pedersen, Preben Ulrich, Tracey, Anita, Sindby, Jesper Eske, Bjerrum, Merete
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31206058
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000512