Trends in the incidence of surgical site infection in The Netherlands

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1132-1138

  Manniën, Judith ^a   Van Den Hof, Susan ^b   Muilwijk, Jan ^a   Van Den Broek, Peterhans J ^c   Van Benthem, Birgit ^a   Wille, Jan C ^d  

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

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Dutch Institute for Healthcare Improvement CBO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON RESECTION; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 56749131268     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592094     Document Type: Article

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