Prevalence study of hospital-acquired infections in 14 Greek hospitals: Planning from the local to the national surveillance level

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-275

  Gikas, A ^a   Pediaditis, J ^b   Papadakis, J A ^a   Starakis, J ^c   Levidiotou, S ^d   Nikolaides, P ^e   Kioumis, G ^f   Maltezos, E ^g   Lazanas, M ^h   Anevlavis, E ⁱ   Roubelaki, M ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a   Maragos, M ^c   Nikiforou, V ^c   Barba, V ^d   Metalidis, S ^e   Kolaras, P ^e   Koumentaki, E ^e   Kokkinou, I ^f   Nikolopoulou, C ^h   Chrysos, G ^h   Vasilogiannaki, S ^b   Kastanakis, S ^j   Archontidou, E ^g   Glaros, D ^g   Peichaberis, P ^g   Liouris, I ⁱ   Karagianni, V ⁱ   Drandakis, P ^k   Troulakis, G ^l   Drandaki, A ^m   Apidianaki, N ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b Venizelion Hospital of Heraklion   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e Axepa General Hosp of Thessalonika   (Greece)

^f G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^h TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

ⁱ AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^j Chania General Hospital St George   (Greece)

^k General Hospital of Rethymnon   (Greece)

^l General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos   (Greece)

^m General Hospital of Sitia   (Greece)

ⁿ General Hospital of Ierapetra   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; Hospital infection control network; Hospital acquired infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOMENCLATURE; OPERATION DURATION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAFF TRAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0036550846     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1181     Document Type: Article

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