Experience with two validation methods in a prevalence survey on nosocomial infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 668-673

  Gastmeier, Petra ^a   Kampf, Günter ^a   Hauer, Thomas ^b   Schlingmann, Jürgen ^b   Schumacher, Martin ^b   Daschner, Franz ^b   Rüden, Henning ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GERMANY; GUIDELINES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032159823     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141532     Document Type: Article

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