Prevalence of hospital-acquired infections in a home care setting

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-151

  Patte, R ^a   Drouvot, V ^a   Quenon, Jean Luc ^b,c   Denic, L ^b   Briand, V ^b   Patris, S ^b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b Faculté Xavier Bichat   (France)

^c Ctr Geriatrie Ctr Hosp Univ B   (France)

Author keywords

Home care setting; Hospital acquired infections; Prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDWIFE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 11244317013     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.09.011     Document Type: Article

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