Prevalence and risk factors for nosocomial infections in four university hospitals in Switzerland

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-42

  Pittet, Didier ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032615310     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501554     Document Type: Article

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