Quality control of the surveillance programme of ICU-acquired infection (ENVIN-HELICS registry) in Spain

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-131

  Lopez Pueyo M J ^a   Olaechea Astigarraga, P ^b   Palomar Martinez M ^c   Insausti Ordenana J ^d   Alvarez Lerma F ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^e Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infection; Catheter related infections; Cross infection prevention and control; Intensive care unit; Quality control; Registries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN;

EID: 84878124963     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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