Use of statistical process control charts in the epidemiological surveillance of nosocomial infections;Uso de diagramas de controle na vigilaância epidemiológica das infecções hospitalares

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 768-774

  Arantes, Aglai ^a,c   da Silva Carvalho, Eduardo ^b   Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo ^b   Farhat, Calil Kairalla ^b   Mantese, Orlando César ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Endemic diseases; Epidemiological surveillance; Hospitals, university; Incidence; Infection control; Inpatients; Intensive care units, pediatric; Statistical graphs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0347720743     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000600012     Document Type: Article

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