Representativeness of the surveillance data in the intensive care unit component of the German nosocomial infections surveillance system

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 934-938

  Zuschneid, Irina ^a,b   Rücker, Gerta ^a,c   Schoop, Rotraut ^a,c   Beyersmann, Jan ^a,c   Schumacher, Martin ^a,c   Geffers, Christine ^a   Rüden, Henning ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Gesundheitsamt Friedrichshain Kreuzberg   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955736756     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655462     Document Type: Article

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