Assessment of the value of repeated point-prevalence surveys for analyzing the trend in nosocomial infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-373

  Sartor, Catherine ^a   Delchambre, Anne ^a   Pascal, Laurence ^a   Drancourt, Michel ^a   De Micco, Philippe ^a   Sarabuc, Roland ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT PREVALENCE SURVEY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 17444375663     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502554     Document Type: Article

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