Nosocomial infection surveillance in a surgical intensive care unit in Spain, 1996-2000: A time-trend analysis

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-59

  Lizán García, Máxima ^a,c   Peyro, Ramón ^a   Cortiña, Manuel ^a   Crespo, Marĩa Dolores ^a   Tobias, Aurelio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Hospital General   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOGENESIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPAIN; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS; STATISTICS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEPSIS; SPAIN; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33646446349     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499167     Document Type: Article

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