Surgical site infections in adults patients undergoing of clean and contaminated surgeries at a university Brazilian hospital

CONTEXT: Surgical site infections are a risk inherent to surgical procedures, especially after digestive surgeries. They occur up to 30 days after surgery, or up to a year later if a prosthesis is implanted. The Surgical-site Infection Risk Index (SIRI), NISS (National Nosocomial Infection Surveilla...

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Main Authors: Maria de Lourdes Gonçalves Santos, Renata Rezende Teixeira, Augusto Diogo-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032010000400012&lng=en&tlng=en