How will surgical site infection be measured to ensure "high quality care for all"?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1294-1299

  Ashby, E ^a,b   Haddad, F S ^a   O'Donnell, E ^a   Wilson, A P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956378302     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B9.22401     Document Type: Article

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