A comparative assessment of surgeons' tracking methods for surgical site infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 181-187

  Van Ramshorst, Gabrielle H ^a   Vos, Margreet C ^a   Den Hartog, Dennis ^a   Hop, Wim C J ^a   Jeekel, Johannes ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a   Lange, Johan F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCISION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876912602     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.045     Document Type: Article

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