Evolution of hospital participation in the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, 1986 to 1993

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 364-368

  Sartor, Catherine ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Gaynes, Robert P ^a   Culver, David H ^a   National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System, ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSERY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029561066     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0196-6553(95)90267-8     Document Type: Article

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