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Title: Warm weather increases the incidence of serious surgical site infections
Post by: rangerrebew on May 17, 2017, 11:07:43 am

Warm weather increases the incidence of serious surgical site infections
Major survey research shows that risk rises with temperatures

Date:
    May 16, 2017
Source:
    Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Summary:
    Surgical site infections, a common healthcare-associated infection, are seasonal -- increasing in the summer and decreasing in the winter-according to new research. Temperatures above 90°F were associated with 28.9 percent increased odds for hospitalization with a surgical site infection (SSI) compared to temperatures less than 40°F.
 

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Title: Re: Warm weather increases the incidence of serious surgical site infections
Post by: driftdiver on May 17, 2017, 11:16:13 am

Ban summer