Knowledge-based surveillance for preventing postoperative surgical site infection

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 169, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-149

  Shaban Nejad, Arash ^a   Rose, Gregory W ^b   Okhmatovskaia, Anya ^a   Riazanov, Alexandre ^c   Baker, Christopher J O ^c   Tamblyn, Robyn ^a   Forster, Alan J ^b   Buckeridge, David L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bio ontologies; Hospital acquired infection; Knowledge management; Surgical Site infections

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL COMPUTING; MONITORING; SEMANTICS; SURGERY;

BIO-ONTOLOGIES; DISCOVERY AND INTEGRATION; HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTION; MULTIPLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES; SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 83055191992     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-806-9-145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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