- ►annals.org [PDF] W Rollow, TR Lied, P McGann, J Poyer, L … - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Studies have shown improvement in quality of health care in the
United States. However, the factors responsible for this improvement are largely
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SM Shortell, WA Peck - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2006 - Am Coll Physicians Many agree that the quality of health care in the United States has improved in
the past decade (1). Progress, however, has been slow, incremental, uneven, and
far from what could have been realized with a more concerted effort, ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
M Carlès, S Gindre, N Aknouch, B Goubaux, … - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2006 - Elsevier Infections secondary to surgical intervention represent 25% of all
hospital-acquired infections. 1 Reducing the risk of infection to individual
patients and the overall costs of nosocomial infections should be ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 5 versions
NJB RN, ALB BSc, DRDMB BS, PLR BN, … - ANZ journal of surgery - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►nih.gov JA Tan, VN Naik, L Lingard - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2006 - qshc.bmj.com Background: Surgical site infections remain one of the leading types of
nosocomial infections. The administration of prophylactic antibiotics within a
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- ►oxfordjournals.org KW Garey, T Dao, H Chen, P Amrutkar, N … - Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006 - Br Soc Antimicrob Chemo Background: Increased incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species
has required some hospitals to choose vancomycin for surgical prophylaxis.
Guidelines for appropriate timing of vancomycin prophylaxis state that the ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
JS Zinn, WD Spector, DL Weimer, DB … - HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH-CHICAGO-, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com Address correspondence to Jacqueline S. Zinn, Ph.D., Professor, Department of
Risk, Insurance and Healthcare Management, Temple University, 413 Ritter Annex,
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WY Wu, JJ Chen, A Shih - Medical care, 2006 - journals.lww.com Disclaimer: Some of the analyses upon which this publication is based were
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R Newcomer, T Kang, C Graham - The Gerontologist, 2006 - Geron Soc America Between 2001 and 2005, at least 26 states initiated demonstration programs
intended to facilitate a transition from nursing homes to community settings
(Fox-Grage, Coleman, & Folkemer, 2004). These interventions include ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
