Epidemiology of healthcare associated infections in Germany: Nearly 20 years of surveillance.
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Summary
Participating in a national surveillance system and using surveillance data for internal quality management leads to substantial reduction of HAI.
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- article
- Published
- 2015-10-01
- Cited by
- 87
- References
- 27
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Keywords
Biology, Epidemiology, Environmental health, Pathology, Medicine
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- Use of ventilator utilization ratio for stratifying alcohol-based hand-rub consumption data to improve surveillance on intensive care units.
- Infektionsprävention bei Früh- und Neugeborenen in Thüringen: Umsetzung der Empfehlung der Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO)
- Incidence of surgical site infections cannot be derived reliably from point prevalence survey data in Dutch hospitals
- Impact of nosocomial infections surveillance on nosocomial infection rates: A systematic review.
- Statistical and simulation modelling for enhanced understanding of hospital pathogen and related health issues
- Prospektive, randomisierte Pilotstudie zum Vergleich zweier offener Systeme von peripheren Venenverweilkanülen (pVK) mit und ohne Extensionsset im Hinblick auf Komplikationsrate und Liegedauer
- Novel approaches to surgical site infections: what recommendations can be made?
- Nationale und internationale Netzwerkstudien und deren Nutzen für die Infektionsprävention in deutschen Krankenhäusern
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- Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) at a palliative care unit: A prospective single service analysis
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- Comparison of governance approaches for the control of antimicrobial resistance: Analysis of three European countries
- Infektionsprävention bei Frühgeborenen mit NEO-KISS
- Hospital ownership: a risk factor for nosocomial infection rates?
- The Prevalence of Nosocomial Infection and Antibiotic Use in German Hospitals.
- Usefulness of Serum Procalcitonin as a Markerfor Coexisting Infection in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction.
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