Yasmine Samir Abdelhamid Galal <br/><br/>
Study of surgical site infection in general surgical departments at Cairo University Hospitals /  
 دراسة العدوى بمكان الجراحه فى اقسام الجراحه العامه بمستشفيات جامعه القاهرة 
Yasmine Samir Abdelhamid Galal ; Supervised Nargis Albert Labib , Mona Ibrahim Ellawindi , Mervat Gaber Abdelwahab 
 - Cairo :   Yasmine Samir Abdelhamid Galal ,   2012 
 - 238 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine 
<br/><br/> Surgical site infections are one of the most important types of healthcare - associated infections . Effective surveillance of SSIs and feed back of data on infection rates to hospital leadership and surgeons could significantly reduce SSI rates. To reduce the incidence of SSIs in General Surgical Department at Kasr Elaini Hospital through determining the incidence and risk factors of SSIs the epidemiological profile of infected cases and setting recommendations for minimizing the occurrence  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Prophylactic antibiotics Surgical site infection  Wound class