Reproducibility of the surveillance effect to decrease nosocomial infection rates

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 993-999

  Gastmeier, P ^a,b   Schwab, F ^a,b   Sohr, D ^a,b   Behnke, M ^a,b   Geffers, C ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b National Reference Centre for Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 70350004874     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605720     Document Type: Article

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