Surveillance in infection control: Are we making progress?

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-419

  Vandenbroucke Grauls, Christina ^a   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nosocomial infections; Surveillance systems

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0036319748     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200208000-00010     Document Type: Review

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