Surgical site infection surveillance for neurosurgical procedures: A comparison of passive surveillance by surgeons to active surveillance by infection control professionals

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 200-202

  Heipel, Diane ^a   Ober, Janis F ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^a,b   Bearman, Gonzalo M L ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PHYSICIANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34047275586     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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