Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Guidelines Advisory Statement Summary Slides

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Guidelines Advisory Statement Summary Slides

National Surgical Infection Prevention Project
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

A brief slide presentation (in PDF format) summarizes the content of the June 15, 2004, Clinical Infectious Disease article, "Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery: An Advisory Statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project".

Background
The authors of all current North American surgical infection prevention guidelines — along with professional organizations that are involved in surgical care — released a joint advisory statement on infection prevention entitled “Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery: An Advisory Statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project.” It was published in the June 15, 2004, issue of the journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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This tool can be reviewed by hospital surgical staff supplemental to reading the full journal article.



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