Improving benchmarks for surveillance by defining types of pediatric intensive care units [3]

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-70

  Epps, Betsy ^a   Edwards, Jonathan R ^a   Sohn, Annette H ^a   Horan, Teresa C ^a   Gaynes, Robert P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEREMIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0036181643     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2002.121273     Document Type: Letter

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