[Role of the surgeon in the hospital infections control committees].
Hospital-acquired infections are the ones that develop within hospital stay or appear after discharge. These infections are associated with an increased rate of morbidity and mortality, longer hospital stay and higher hospital costs and Hospital Infections Control Committees have been founded to prevent it. In this review, we intended to investigate the role of the surgeon in this committee.
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Müfide Nuran
MN
Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Erzurum, Turkey. mnakcay@yahoo.com
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D032802:Committee Membership; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013502:General Surgery; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014421:Turkey