Association of a Bundled Intervention With Surgical Site Infections Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac, Hip, or Knee Surgery

L. Schweizer, Marin; Chiang, Hsiu‐Yin; Septimus, Edward; Moody, Julia; I. Braun, Barbara; Hafner, Joanne; Ward, Melissa; Hickok, Jason; N. Perencevich, Eli; J. Diekema, Daniel; Richards, Cheryl; E. Cavanaugh, Joseph; B. Perlin, Jonathan; A. Herwaldt, Loreen

doi:10.1001/jama.2015.5387

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Association of a Bundled Intervention With Surgical Site Infections Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac, Hip, or Knee Surgery

Published in JAMA • Jun 2, 2015

Authors:

Marin L. Schweizer

Hsiu‐Yin Chiang

Edward Septimus

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Previous studies suggested that a bundled intervention was associated with lower rates of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections (SSIs) among patients having cardiac or orthopedic operations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the implementation of an evidence-based bundle is associa...

Subject

Medicine

Cefazolin

Perioperative

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