Correction (DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2007.07.006);Surgical site infection surveillance and the predictive power of the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance index as compared with alternative determinants in The Netherlands

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 36, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 682-

  Kivi, Mårten ^a,b   Manniën, Judith ^a   Wille, Jan C ^c   van den Hof, Susan ^a  

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

^b European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET)   (Netherlands)

^c Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 40949096408     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.015     Document Type: Erratum

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