How should we interpret hospital infection statistics?

Med J Aust. 2013 Dec 16;199(11):735-6. doi: 10.5694/mja13.10703.

Authors

Allen C Cheng¹, Emily Woolnough², Leon J Worth², David V Pilcher²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. allen.cheng@monash.edu.
² Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 24329623
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10703

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Australia / epidemiology
Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Bacteremia / prevention & control
Benchmarking / methods*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data
Hand Hygiene / statistics & numerical data
Hospitals / standards*
Hospitals / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internet
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / methods*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Quality Indicators, Health Care / statistics & numerical data*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control