Standardized infection surveillance in long-term care: Interfacility comparisons from a regional cohort of facilities

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Stevenson, Kurt B ^a,b   Moore, James ^a   Colwell, Holly ^a   Sleeper, Barbara ^a  

^a QUALIS HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; IDAHO; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 15944387999     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502532     Document Type: Article

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