Comparing Nosocomial Infection Rates among Surgical Intensive-Care Units: The Importance of Separating Cardiothoracic and General Surgery Intensive-Care Units

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 260-261

  Keita Perse, Olivia ^b   Edwards, Jonathan R ^b   Culver, David H ^b   Gaynes, Robert P ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032044248     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142417     Document Type: Article

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