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  • Title: Back to basics: giving attention to surgical infection prevention.
    Author: Conway WA.
    Journal: Mich Health Hosp; 2003; 39(4):40-2. PubMed ID: 12886659.
    Abstract:
    When it comes to postoperative infection, there should be no argument about the business case for quality. Postoperative infection is a major cause of patient injury, mortality and health care cost. An estimated 2.6 percent of the nearly 30 million operations each year are complicated by surgical site infections, and patients with infections have twice the incidence of mortality.
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