Comparison of automated strategies for surveillance of nosocomial bacteremia

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1030-1035

  Bellini, Cristina ^a   Petignat, Christiane ^a   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Wenger, Aline ^a   Bille, Jacques ^a   Klopotov, Adriana ^a   Vallet, Yannick ^a   Patthey, Rene ^a   Zanetti, Giorgio ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ALGORITHMS; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 34548332513     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519861     Document Type: Article

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