Reporting surgical site infections following primary and revision hip arthroplasty - One size does not fit all

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-297

  Worth, Leon ^a   Bull, A L ^a   Richards, M J ^a  

^a Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; PRIMARY HIP ARTHROPLASTY; REVISION HIP ARTHROPLASTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 79952431648     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658912     Document Type: Article

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