The accuracy and validity of a weekly point-prevalence survey for evaluating the trend of hospital-acquired infections in a university hospital in Turkey

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Ustun, Cemal ^a   Hosoglu, Salih ^b   Geyik, Mehmet Faruk ^c   Parlak, Zafer ^d   Ayaz, Celal ^b  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Ministry of Health Elbistan General Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hospital acquired infection; Incidence; Infection control; Prevalence; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BURN UNIT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDITY; WEEKLY POINT PREVALENCE SURVEY; WOUND INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 80053235735     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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