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Diagnostics
Antimicrobial exposure suitable for diagnosis of surgical site infections
January 27th, 2005
Antimicrobial exposure screening is an effective technique for identification of postoperative infections. In a recent study, researchers in Boston "evaluated antimicrobial exposure, discharge diagnoses, or both to identify surgical site infections (SSI)." "This retrospective cohort study in 13 hospitals involved weighted, random samples of records from 8,739 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures, 7,399 cesarean deliveries, and 6,175 breast procedures," explained D.S. Yokoe and coauthors at Channing Laboratories. "We compared routine surveillance to detection through inpatient antimicrobial exposure (9 days for CABG, {{>=}}2 days for...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-27)
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