Evaluation of the national surveillance system for point-prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in hospitals and in long-term care facilities for elderly in Norway, 2002-2008

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hajdu, Agnes ^a,b   Eriksen, Hanne M ^b   Sorknes, Nina K ^b   Hauge, Siri H ^b   Loewer, Hege L ^b   Iversen, Bjørn G ^b   Aavitsland, Preben ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 83255162708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-923     Document Type: Review

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