The impact of depth of infection and postdischarge surveillance on rate of surgical-site infections in a network of community hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 276-282

  Ming, David Y ^a   Chen, Luke F ^a   Miller, Becky A ^b   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTPATIENT; POSTDISCHARGE SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; THORAX SURGERY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863033953     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/664053     Document Type: Article

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