title: Cost-effective application of the Centers for Disease Control Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Wound Infections.
abstract: Surgical wound infections present a serious hazard to patients and an important legal and economic liability to health care providers. This Guideline furnishes infection control practitioners with several excellent cost-saving concepts and, if implemented, would result in a reduction in the rates of surgical wound infections.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013502:General Surgery; D006204:Hair Removal / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000592:standards; D011292:Premedication / Q000191:economics; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000592:standards; D012015:Reference Standards; D012306:Risk; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents