CDC guidelines for the prevention and control of nosocomial infections guideline for prevention of surgical wound infections

Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

1976 • 4,071 citations

The Epidemiology of Wound Infection: A 10-Year Prospective Study of 62,939 Wounds

1980 • 1,433 citations

Postoperative wound infection: a prospective study of determinant factors and prevention.

1969 • 599 citations

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage, Technical and Physiological Considerations

1964 • 557 citations

Nosocomial infections in U.S. hospitals, 1975–1976

1981 • 475 citations

Wound infections after preoperative depilatory versus razor preparation

1971 • 364 citations

Prophylactic and Preventive Antibiotic Therapy Timing, Duration and Economics

1979 • 278 citations

Disinfection of Surgical Wounds Without Inhibition of Normal Wound Healing

1980 • 119 citations

An evaluation of the duration of the surgical scrub.

1969 • 84 citations

Reassessment of the surgical scrub.

1978 • 81 citations

Strike-through of Moist Contamination by Woven and Nonwoven Surgical Materials

1975 • 72 citations

Post-operative wound infection. Predisposing factors and the effect of a reduction in the dissemination of staphylococci.

1970 • 71 citations

The importance of gown and drape barriers in the prevention of wound infection.

1980 • 69 citations

The Importance of Gown and Drape Barriers in the Prevention of Wound Infection

1981 • 57 citations

Closure of abdominal incisions with subcutaneous catheters.

1976 • 43 citations

Wound Infections in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty

1979 • 42 citations

Reduction of infection rates in abdominal incisions by delayed wound closure techniques

1979 • 42 citations

Microbial penetration of surgical gown materials.

1980 • 40 citations

Randomized trial of drainage after cholecystectomy

1981 • 29 citations

The bacteriologic study of surgical gloves from 250 operations.

1969 • 28 citations

AORN standards for OR sanitation

1975 • 23 citations

Surgical Hazard Control

1973 • 20 citations

Lister Revisited: Surgical Antisepsis and Asepsis

1976 • 19 citations

Closure of abdominal incisions with subcutaneous catheters

1977 • 16 citations

Perioperative Prophylactic Antibiotics in Abdominal Surgery: A Review of Recent Progress

1979 • 16 citations

Postoperative Wound Infections

1981 • 5 citations