Incidence of surgical site infections cannot be derived reliably from point prevalence survey data in Dutch hospitals
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Incidence of surgical site infections cannot be derived reliably from point prevalence survey data in Dutch hospitals
Thorough studies on whether point prevalence surveys of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can be used to reliably estimate incidence of surgical site infections (SSIs) are scarce. We examined this topic using surveillance data of 58 hospitals that participated in two Dutch national surveillances; HAI prevalence and SSI incidence surveillance, respectively. First, we simulated daily preval...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology and Infection
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0950-2688,1469-4409
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268816003162