Basics of Surgical-Site Infection Surveillance

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 659-668

  Roy, Marie Claude ^a   Perl, Trish M ^b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031225397     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141496     Document Type: Article

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