Should national standards for reporting surgical site infections distinguish between primary and revision orthopedic surgeries?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-508

  Leekha, Surbhi ^a   Sampathkumar, Priya ^a   Berry, Daniel J ^a   Thompson, Rodney L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951069441     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652156     Document Type: Article

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