The Hospital Infection Standardised Surveillance (HISS) programme: Analysis of a two-year pilot

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-267

  McLaws, Mary Louise ^a   Taylor, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bloodstream; Infections; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Multiple resistant micro organisms; Surgical; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PILOT STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS;

CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PILOT PROJECTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037484633     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1361     Document Type: Article

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