Comparison of effectiveness and required time of two surveillance methods in intensive care patients

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 281-289

  Bouletreau A ^a   Dettenkofer, M ^b   Forster, D H ^b   Babikir, R ^b   Hauer, T ^b   Schulgen, G ^b   Daschner, F D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ICU; Nosocomial infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0344923842     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1998.0530     Document Type: Article

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