Risk stratification for surgical site infections in Australia: evaluation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-155

  Clements, A C A ^a,b   Tong, E N C ^b   Morton, A P ^b   Whitby, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Risk index; Risk stratification; Surgical site infection; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34249726678     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.02.019     Document Type: Article

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