Prevalence of hospital-acquired infection in a Lithuanian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Valinteliene, R ^a,c   Jurkuvenas, V ^a   Jepsen, O B ^b  

^a Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

^b National Center for Hospital Hygiene Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Institute of Hygiene   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Hospital infection control programme; Hospital acquired infection; Prevalence rate; Prevalence survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030475577     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(96)90112-7     Document Type: Article

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