New surgical techniques and surgical site infections.
Technologic advances in surgery include a trend toward less invasive procedures, driven by potential benefits to patients and by health-care economics. These less invasive procedures provide infection control personnel opportunities for direct involvement in outcomes measurement.
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. gordons@ccf.org
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology