Assessment of a selective surveillance method for detecting nosocomial infections in patients in the intensive care department

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 261-265

  Zolldann, Dirk ^a   Haefner, Helga ^a   Poetter, Carsten ^c   Buzello, Shariah ^c   Sohr, David ^b   Luetticken, Rudolf ^a   Lemmen, Sebastian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE SURVEILLANCE METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTIVE SURVEILLANCE METHOD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0042157238     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2003.72     Document Type: Article

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