Impact of hospital-wide surveillance on hospital-acquired infections in an acute-care hospital in The Netherlands

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 36-42

  Mintjes de Groot, A J ^a   Van Hassel, C A N ^b   Kaan, J A ^b   Verkooyen, R P ^c   Verbrugh, H A ^c  

^a Department of Surgeon   (Netherlands)

^b Oudenrijn Ziekenuis   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infections; Hospital wide surveillance; Interventions

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033797304     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2000.0755     Document Type: Article

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