Beyond 30 days: Does limiting the duration of surgical site infection follow-up limit detection?

Authors

Julie D. Lankiewicz, Harvard UniversityFollow
Deborah S. Yokoe, Harvard University
Margaret A. Olsen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Fallon Onufrak, Harvard University
Victoria J. Fraser, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisFollow
Kurt Stevenson, Ohio State University - Main Campus
Yosef Khan, Ohio State University - Main Campus
David Hooper, Massachusetts General HospitalFollow
Richard Platt, Harvard University
Susan S. Huang, University of California - IrvineFollow

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Publication Date

2012

Volume

33

Issue

2

Inclusive Pages

202-204

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1086/663715

Rights and Permissions

Beyond 30 Days: Does Limiting the Duration of Surgical Site Infection Follow-up Limit Detection? Julie D. Lankiewicz, Deborah S. Yokoe, Margaret A. Olsen, Fallon Onufrak, Victoria J. Fraser, Kurt Stevenson, Yosef Khan, David Hooper, Richard Platt and Susan S. Huang Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 33, No. 2 (February 2012), pp. 202-204 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Article DOI: 10.1086/663715 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663715

Recommended Citation

Lankiewicz, Julie D.; Yokoe, Deborah S.; Olsen, Margaret A.; Onufrak, Fallon; Fraser, Victoria J.; Stevenson, Kurt; Khan, Yosef; Hooper, David; Platt, Richard; and Huang, Susan S., "Beyond 30 days: Does limiting the duration of surgical site infection follow-up limit detection?." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33, 2. 202-204. (2012).
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