Control charts in hospital epidemiology and infection management: an update
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Australian Infection Control
- Vol. 11 (1) , 6-11
- https://doi.org/10.1071/hi06006
Abstract
Healthcare Infection is published by CSIRO PUBLISHING on behalf of the Australian Infection Control Association (AICA). The journal provides a peer-reviewed medium to expand infection control knowledge, in order to prevent infection-related illness. The journal’s readership of infection control professionals, spanning physicians, nurses and epidemiologists, gain up-to-date and peer-reviewed articles covering clinical topics and original research.Keywords
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