National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, Data Summary from October 1986-April 1998, Issued June 1998

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 522-533

  Jarvis, W R ^a   Gaynes, R P ^a   Horan, T C ^a   Alonso Echanove, J ^a   Emori, T G ^a   Fridkin, S K ^a   Lawton, R M ^a   Richards, M J ^a   Wright, G C ^a   Culver, D H ^a   Abshire, J P ^a   Edwards, J R ^a   Henderson, T S ^a   Peavy, G E ^a   Tolson, J S ^a   Wages, J T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSERY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UMBILICAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031723399     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(98)70026-4     Document Type: Article

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