Does the centers for disease control’s NNIS system risk index stratify patients undergoing cardiothoracic operations by their risk of surgical-site infection?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 186-190

  Roy, Marie Claude ^a   Herwaldt, Loreen A ^a,b   Embrey, Richard ^a   Kuhns, Kristen ^b   Wenzel, Richard P ^a   Perl, Trish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IOWA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034146359     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501741     Document Type: Article

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