An Approach to the Study of Potentially Preventable Nosocomial Infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Rosselló Urgell, José ^a   Vaqué Rafart, Josep ^a   Hermosilla Pérez, Eduardo ^a   Allepuz Palau, Alejandro ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MODEL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 19244371775     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502290     Document Type: Article

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