Surveillance of nosocomial infections in a Mexican community hospital: how are we doing? Vigilancia epidemiológica de infecciones nosocomiales en un hospital comunitario de México: ¿Cómo vamos?

Surveillance of nosocomial infections in a Mexican community hospital: how are we doing? Vigilancia epidemiológica de infecciones nosocomiales en un hospital comunitario de México: ¿Cómo vamos?

OBJECTIVE. To compare the nosocomial infection (NI) rate obtained from a retrospective review of clinical charts with that from the routine nosocomial infection surveillance system in a community hospital. MATERIAL AND METHODS. Retrospective review of a randomized sample of clinical charts.Results w...

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Main Authors: Lourdes García-García, María-Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, Laura-Elizabeth Ramírez-López, Renata Báez-Saldaña, Leticia Ferreyra-Reyes, Elizabeth Ferreira-Guerrero, Bulmaro Cano-Arellano, Pablo Cruz-Hervert, Norma Araceli Téllez-Vázquez, Leonardo Verduzco-Rodríguez, Yolanda Jaramillo-Cosme, Eleazar Luna-Téllez, Samuel Ponce de León-Rosales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2010-12-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
Subjects:
vigilancia
control de infecciones
factores de riesgo
hospitales generales
surveillance
infection control
risk factors
hospitals, general
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