Benchmarking local healthcare-associated infections: Available benchmarks and interpretation challenges

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 323-330

  El Saed, Aiman ^a,b,c,d   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b,d   Weber, David J ^e  

^a WHO Collaborating Center for Infection Prevention and Control   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Comparison; Healthcare associated infections; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BENCHMARKING; COMPARISON; HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS; SURVEILLANCE;

BENCHMARKING; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84883809002     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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