Associations between surgical site infection risk and hospital operation volume and surgeon operation volume among hospitals in the Dutch nosocomial infection surveillance network

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 557-563

  Muilwijk, Jan ^a   Van Den Hof, Susan ^a,c   Wille, Jan C ^b  

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

^b Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

^c KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34249296247     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513613     Document Type: Article

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