Validation of surgical site infection surveillance in The Netherlands

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 36-41

  Mannien J ^a   Van Der Zeeuw, A E ^b   Wille, J C ^b   Van Den Hof, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846871219     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509847     Document Type: Article

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