1990
Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in Risk for Falls by Clinical Department: Implications for Prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-524. DOI: 10.2307/30151319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospitalVariation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention.
Rohde J, Myers A, Vlahov D. Variation in risk for falls by clinical department: implications for prevention. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 1990, 11: 521-4. PMID: 2230041, DOI: 10.1086/646085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient daysFall rateClinical departmentsTotal patient daysInjury prevention programsAcute care hospitalsBed acute care hospitalRate of fallInpatient fallsOncology servicesMedical recordsRetrospective analysisAdult servicesPrevention programsOne-year periodPsychiatry departmentPatientsInjuryAdditional yearIncident reportsDepartmentAgeFallDaysHospital
1985
Wide variation in risk of wound infection following clean neurosurgery. Implications for perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis.
Tenney J, Vlahov D, Salcman M, Ducker T. Wide variation in risk of wound infection following clean neurosurgery. Implications for perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis. Journal Of Neurosurgery 1985, 62: 243-7. PMID: 3968563, DOI: 10.3171/jns.1985.62.2.0243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeep wound infectionPerioperative antibiotic prophylaxisPostoperative wound infectionWound infectionAntibiotic prophylaxisClean neurosurgeryDeep wound infection rateClean neurosurgical proceduresWound infection rateClean neurosurgical operationsPerioperative antibioticsSuch prophylaxisRepeat operationHigh-risk operationsRecurrent gliomaInfection ratePotential efficacyProphylaxisGreater riskInfectionNeurosurgical proceduresNeurosurgical operationsOverall ratePatientsCraniotomy
1984
Neurosurgical Wound Infections
Vlahov D, Montgomery E, Tenney J, KahnEisenberg S. Neurosurgical Wound Infections. Journal Of Neuroscience Nursing 1984, 16: 128-133. PMID: 6564139, DOI: 10.1097/01376517-198406000-00003.Peer-Reviewed Original Research