Surgical-site infection rates and risk factor analysis in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 472-476

  Harrington, Glenys ^a,b   Russo, Philip ^a   Spelman, Denis ^a   Borrell, Sue ^a   Watson, Kerrie ^a   Barr, Wendy ^a   Martin, Rhea ^a   Edmonds, Diedre ^a   Cocks, Joanne ^a   Greenbough, John ^a   Lowe, Jill ^a   Randle, Leesa ^a   Castell, Jan ^a   Browne, Elizabeth ^a   Bellis, Kaye ^a   Aberline, Melissa ^a  

^a Vic Infect Contr Survlnc Proj   (Australia)

^b VICSP   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BENCHMARKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 2942627130     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502424     Document Type: Article

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