Routine Surveillance Versus Independent Assessment by an Outcome Adjudication Committee in Assessing Patients for Sternal Surgical Site Infections After Cardiac Surgery.

Mertz, Dominik; Whitlock, Richard; Kokoszka, Alicia Y; Smith, Stephanie W; Carignan, Alex; Rehan, Muhammad; Jaffer, Iqbal H; Alsagheir, Ali; Loeb, Mark

Mertz, Dominik; Whitlock, Richard; Kokoszka, Alicia Y; Smith, Stephanie W; Carignan, Alex; Rehan, Muhammad; Jaffer, Iqbal H; Alsagheir, Ali; Loeb, Mark.

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Mertz D; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Whitlock R; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Kokoszka AY; 3Population Health Research Institute,McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Smith SW; 4University of Alberta,Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.
Carignan A; 5University of Sherbrooke,Sherbrook,Quebec,Canada.
Rehan M; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Jaffer IH; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Alsagheir A; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.
Loeb M; 1McMaster University,Hamilton,Ontario,Canada.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ; 37(5): 600-2, 2016 May.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26782707

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Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care/methods; Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology; Thoracic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects; Canada; Humans; Sensitivity and Specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Surgical Wound Infection / Thoracic Surgical Procedures Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS / ENFERMAGEM / EPIDEMIOLOGIA / HOSPITAIS Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Canada Country of publication: United States

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