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http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC48320| Title: | Three Questions to Screen for Postdischarge Surgical Site Infections |
| Authors: | KNAUST Andreas; MOUSSA Andre; STILIANAKIS Nikolaos; EIKMANN Thomas; HERR Caroline |
| Citation: | AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL vol. 37 no. 5 p. 420-422 |
| Publisher: | MOSBY-ELSEVIER |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| JRC N°: | JRC48320 |
| ISSN: | 0196-6553 |
| URI: | http://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(08)00903-6/abstract http://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC48320 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.10.025 |
| Type: | Articles in periodicals and books |
| Abstract: | In-hospital surveillance of surgical site infections (SSI) was conducted on 599 patients in a German university hospital. On a subgroup of 342 patients SSI was assessed after discharge from hospital based on data of a questionnaire and telephone interviews. Post-discharge surveillance revealed substantially higher infection rates than in-hospital surveillance. From assessment of single items a model of a three-item questionnaire for surveillance of SSI is proposed. |
| JRC Directorate: | Space, Security and Migration |
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