The Italian national surgical site infection surveillance programme and its positive impact, 2009 to 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2014, Pages

  Marchi, M ^a,b   Pan, A ^a,b,c   Gagliotti, C ^a   Morsillo, F ^a   Parenti, M ^a   Resi, D ^a   Moro, M L ^a  

^a Area Rischio Infettivo   (Italy)

^b CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON SURGERY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM IMPACT; RECTUM SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901660264     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.21.20815     Document Type: Article

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