Evaluation of national health-care related infection criteria for epidemiological surveillance in neonatology
OBJECTIVE: to assess the use of the Brazilian criteria for reporting of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in the neonatal unit and compare them with the criteria proposed by the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN). METHODS: this was a cross-sectional study conducted from 2009 to 2011. I...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-07-01
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Series: | Jornal de Pediatria |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572014000400389&lng=en&tlng=en |