Application of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System recommended by the CDC, in a Chilean hospital;Es aplicable el sistema de vigilancia epidemiológica de las infecciones intrahospitalarias que recomienda el CDC-americano (sistema NNIS) en un hospital chileno

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1379-1386

  Febré V, Naldy ^a   De Medeiros, Eduardo S ^b   Wey, Sergio B ^b   Larrondo P, Maruza ^b   Silva V, Víctor ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); Cross infection; Infection control; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035554143     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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