A cavity or channel within the vertebrae.
Letter: s
Surgical Infection Society
Surgical Care Improvement Project
SCIP 10 replaces reference to maintaining normothermia for colorectal patients only, to include the same level of temperature control for all patients under general or neuroaxial anesthesia of greater than, or equal to, 60 minutes duration.
Member of the surgical team who wears a sterile gown and gloves and assists the surgeon and assistants by providing the sterile instruments and supplies required for surgery. The scrub person may be a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or surgical technologist.
Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
Hospital-acquired pneumonia, HAP, nosocomial, HAI, healthcare-associated infection, ventilator-associated pneumonia, VAP, biofilm, oral care, pathogens
Oily substance produced by the sebaceous glands; prevents hair and skin from drying out and forms a thin protective layer on the surface of the skin.
Healing in which the wound is allowed to close from the bottom upward by filling in with granulation tissue; traumatic wounds in which an extensive loss of tissue has occurred or that are contaminated are allowed to heal by second intention; also called granulation healing.
Occurs during or after the primary influenza infection has made tissues vulnerable to attack. This can be due to denuding areas of protective cilia and interrupting the mucociliary clearance, damaging pulmonary tissues opening them to infection or exhausting the immune system and thereby decreasing resistance to infection.