When counting central line infections counts

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 555-557

  Dixon Woods, Mary ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICARE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NOTE;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84877682529     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670630     Document Type: Note

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