Caveats Regarding the Use of Control Charts

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 865-868

  Humble, Charles ^a,b  

^a Natl Perf Data Resource Center   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032198685     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141569     Document Type: Article

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