Sentinel system for nosocomial infections in The Netherlands: A pilot study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 818-824

  Severijnen, A J ^a   Verbrugh, H A ^b   Mintjes de Groot, A J ^c   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^d   Van Pelt, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Regional Public Health Laboratory   (Netherlands)

^c Oudenrijn Ziekenuis   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031300121     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0195941700086537     Document Type: Article

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