A practical tool to assess the incidence of nosocomial infection in Japanese intensive care units: the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-184

  Suka, M ^a   Yoshida, K ^a   Takezawa, J ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Nosocomial infection; Standardized infection ratio; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; VENTILATOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33646338876     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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