Building data quality and confidence in data reported to the national healthcare safety network

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 446-448

  Arnold, Kathryn E ^a   Thompson, Nicola D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTEREMIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84859347647     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665311     Document Type: Article

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