Impact of Surveillance Technique on Reported Rates of Surgical Site Infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 594-596

  Young, Heather ^a   Reese, Sara M ^a   Knepper, Bryan ^a   Price, Connie S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; SURGICAL INFECTION; COLON; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

COLON; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84984919674     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.21     Document Type: Article

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