Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in Piemonte, Italy: Results from a second regional prevalence study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Charrier, Lorena ^a   Argentero, Pier Angelo ^b   Farina, Enzo C ^c   Serra, Roberto ^c   Mana, Francesco ^a   Zotti, Carla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Rivoli   (Italy)

^c Dermatopathology Section Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infections; Prevalence survey; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84902547008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-558     Document Type: Article

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