Compliance with guidelines to prevent surgical site infections: As simple as 1-2-3?

Update: 2010-07-01

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This study published in the Am J Surg in June 2010 (epub ahead of print) is an assessment in two US hospitals of compliance to best practice in terms of surgical prophylaxis choice, timing and duration, as well as maintenance of patient normothermia intra-operatively

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