Reducing harm to patients from health care associated infection: the role of surveillance. Chapter 3: Surgical site infection – an abridged version
Marilyn Cruickshank A , John Ferguson B and Ann Bull C DA Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Level 7, 1 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, GPO Box 5480, Sydney, NSW 2001, Australia.
B Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Hunter New England Health Locked Bag 1, Newcastle, NSW 2310, Australia.
C VICNISS Coordinating Centre, 10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, Vic. 3051, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: Ann.Bull@mh.org.au
Healthcare Infection 14(3) 109-114 https://doi.org/10.1071/HI09912
Published: 26 August 2009
Abstract
The following article is an abridged version of Chapter 3: ‘Surgical site infection’ from the publication ‘Reducing harm to patients from health care associated infection: the role of surveillance.’ In: Cruickshank M, Ferguson J, editors. Sydney: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; 2008. The complete publication is available online at: www.safetyandquality.gov.au
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