A practical tool for surveillance of surgical-site infections: A 5-year experience in orthopedic surgeries

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 610-613

  Benenson, Shmuel ^a   Moses, Allon E ^a   Cohen, Matan J ^a   Brezis, Meir ^a   Minster, Naomi ^a   Schwartz, Carmela ^a   Kandel, Leonid ^a   Liebergall, Meir ^a   Mattan, Yoav ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; REVISION ARTHROPLASTY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; WORKLOAD; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISRAEL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85017604031     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.322     Document Type: Article

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