Prospective surveillance applying the national nosocomial infection surveillance methods in a Brazilian pediatric public hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Lopes, J M M ^a,d,e   Tonelli, E ^a   Lamounier, J A ^a   Couto, B R G M ^b   Siqueira, A L ^c   Komatsuzaki, F ^c   Champs, A P ^d   Starling, C E F ^e  

^a Departments of Pediatrics of School of Medicine   (United States)

^b University Center of Belo Horizonte City   (United States)

^c Departments of Statistics   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Foundation of Minas Gerais   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0036174740     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.117039     Document Type: Article

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