Applicability of the national nosocomial Infections surveillance system risk index for the prediction of surgical site infections: A review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-141

  Ercole, Flávia Falci ^a,c   Starling, Carlos Ernesto Ferreira ^b   Chianca, Tânia Couto Machado ^a   Carneiro, Mariângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Endoncopy and Surgery Barbacena   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hospital infections; Orthopaedic operations; Quality indicators; SSI NNIS index; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LONG TERM CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 34347389514     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000100028     Document Type: Review

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