Documentation and Evaluation of Fevers in Hospital–Based and Community–Based Nursing Homes

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 447-450

  Franson, Timothy R ^a   Schicker, Jeffrey M ^a   Leclair, Susan M ^a   Hoffmann, Raymond G ^a,b   Duthie, Edmund H ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING RECORDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024099738     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/645741     Document Type: Article

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