Improving Value of Care: Cessation of Screening Urine Culture Prior to Orthopedic and Spinal Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of cessation of screening urine cultures on surgical site infection (SSI) incidence in clinical practice. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Our study included patients undergoing hip replacement, knee replacement, spinal fusion, and laminectomy 12 months before (preintervention)...

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Autores principales: Hellinger, Walter C., Haehn, Daniela A., Heckman, Michael G., Irizarry Alvarado, Joan M., Bosch, Wendelyn, Pai, Sher-Lu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2019.12.007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7139985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32280921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2019.12.007

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