title: Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infections Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mangram
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Horan
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Silver
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000592:standards*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States