Surgical-Site Infections and the NNIS SSI Risk Index: Room for Improvement
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 21 (3), 184-185
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501740
Abstract
Editorial - Volume 21 Issue 3 - Robert P. GaynesKeywords
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