Bloodstream infections in a secondary and tertiary care hospital setting [6]

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 284-285

  Worth, L J ^a,b   Slavin, M A ^a,b   Black, J ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMATOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEONATOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 33947412771     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01327.x     Document Type: Letter

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