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01-06-2019 | Cranial Surgery | Letter to the editor - Infection

Ensuring safe surgery is more than just tackling antimicrobial resistance: making the case for a skin preparation trial

In response to “The implementation of an infection bundle reduces surgical site infections following cranial surgery” (23 Oct 2018)

Authors: Joseph Hamilton, Hiren C. Patel, Benjamin M. Davies

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 6/2019

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Title: Ensuring safe surgery is more than just tackling antimicrobial resistance: making the case for a skin preparation trial
In response to “The implementation of an infection bundle reduces surgical site infections following cranial surgery” (23 Oct 2018)
Authors: Joseph Hamilton
Hiren C. Patel
Benjamin M. Davies
Publication date: 01-06-2019
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Keywords: Cranial Surgery
Antibiotic
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 6/2019
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03892-7

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Ensuring safe surgery is more than just tackling antimicrobial resistance: making the case for a skin preparation trial

In response to “The implementation of an infection bundle reduces surgical site infections following cranial surgery” (23 Oct 2018)

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