Thirteen years of surgical site infection surveillance in Swiss hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-47

  Staszewicz, W ^a   Eisenring, M C ^b   Bettschart, V ^c,d   Harbarth, S ^a   Troillet, N ^b,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Central Institute of the Valais Hospitals   (Switzerland)

^c Mid Valais Hospital Center   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Surgical site infection; Surveillance; Switzerland; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906050924     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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