Prospective evaluation of a hospital epidemiologist's activities at a european tertiary-care medical center

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 604-606

  Ruef, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SWITZERLAND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033192693     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501678     Document Type: Article

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