Validation of surgical site infection surveillance in Perth, Western Australia

Healthcare Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Goggin, Leigh S ^a   Van Gessel, Helen ^a   McCann, Rebecca L ^a   Peterson, Allison M ^a   Van Buynder, Paul G ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 77953386672     PISSN: 18355617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/HI09113     Document Type: Article

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