Browsing by Autor "Reinerio Vargas"
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Item type: Item , Incidence of Surgical-Site Infections and the Validity of the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System Risk Index in a General Surgical Ward in Santa Cruz, Bolivia(Cambridge University Press, 2003) Lorena Soleto; Marianne Pirard; Marleen Boelaert; Remberto Peredo; Reinerio Vargas; Alberto Gianella; Patrick Van der StuyftSSIs cause considerable morbidity in Santa Cruz. Appropriate nosocomial infection surveillance and control should be introduced. The NNIS System risk index did not discriminate between patients at low and high risk for SSI in this hospital setting, but a risk score based on local cutoff points performed substantially better.