Prevalence of nosocomial infections in university hospital of Havana;Prevalencia de infección nosocomial en hospitales universitarios de La Habana, Cuba

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 269-271

  Guanche Garcell, H ^a,c   Nunez Labrador L ^b   Baxter Campana M ^b   Tolon Marin M ^b   Morales Perez C ^a   Fresneda Septiem, G ^a   Avendano Espinosa M ^b   Gutierrez Garcia F ^a  

^a Hospital Clinicoquirurgico Docente Joaquin Albarran   (Cuba)

^b Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiologia   (Cuba)

^c NONE   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Hospital; Infection types; Nosocomial infection; Prevalence; Risk procedures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUBA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750960536     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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