title: Sacred cows revisited.
authors.affiliation: National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ryon
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States