Impact of postdischarge surveillance on the rate of surgical site infection after orthopedic surgery

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1324-1329

  Huotari, Kaisa ^a,b   Lyytikäinen, Outi ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OPEN REDUCTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTDISCHARGE SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846009828     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509840     Document Type: Article

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