Incidence of long-term hospital-acquired infection

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 406-409

  Sanchez Ferrin P ^a   Carral Rodriguez E ^a   Alaez Alvarez F ^a   Quintana Riera, S ^a  

^a Centre Sociosanitari ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Long term care hospital; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PNEUMONIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0035856342     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)72130-6     Document Type: Article

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