Improving Surveillance for Surgical Site Infections Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Diagnosis and Procedure Codes in a Provincial Surveillance Network

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 699-703

  Rusk, Alysha ^a,b   Bush, Kathryn ^a   Brandt, Marlene ^c   Smith, Christopher ^d   Howatt, Andrea ^a   Chow, Blanda ^a   Henderson, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HIP REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; KNEE REPLACEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84970031404     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.53     Document Type: Article

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