Implementation of an interactive computer-assisted infection monitoring program at the bedside

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 444-447

  Heininger, Alexandra ^a   Niemetz, Adolf H ^b   Keim, Martin ^a   Fretschner, Reinhold ^a   Döring, Gerd ^a   Unertl, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Niemetz GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033146469     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501652     Document Type: Article

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