Post-discharge surveillance: Can patients reliably diagnose surgical wound infections?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-160

  Whitby, Michael ^a   McLaws, M L ^b   Collopy, B ^c   Looke, D F L ^a   Doidge, S ^a   Henderson, B ^a   Selvey, L ^d   Gardner, G ^e   Stackelroth, J ^a   Sartor, A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CQM Consultants   (Australia)

^d Department of Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infection; Post discharge; Self assessment; Surgical wound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TELEPHONE; ABSCESS; AFTERCARE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SELF CARE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; WRITING;

AFTERCARE; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SUPPURATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036833761     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1275     Document Type: Article

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