Methods for identifying surgical wound infection after discharge from hospital: A systematic review

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Petherick, Emily S ^a   Dalton, Jane E ^a   Moore, Peter J ^b   Cullum, Nicky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AUTOMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33845652122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-170     Document Type: Review

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