The 2007 Belgian national prevalence survey for hospital-acquired infections

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-167

  Gordts, B ^a   Vrijens, F ^b   Hulstaert, F ^b   Devriese, S ^b   Van de Sande, S ^b  

^a AZ Sint Jan   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer assisted registration; Hospital acquired infection; National surveillance system; Point prevalence study

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RELIABILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WARD;

BELGIUM; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953539906     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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