Analysis of infection control surveillance data in a long-term-care facility: Use of threshold testing

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-107

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BED CONVERSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0030074665     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141009     Document Type: Article

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