Measuring the scope and magnitude of hospital-associated infection in the united states: The value of prevalence surveys

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1434-1440

  Llata, Eloisa ^a,b   Gaynes, Robert P ^a   Fridkin, Scott ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549093998     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598328     Document Type: Review

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