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Analysis of Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgical Site Infection Data in Western Australia: Null Effect of Stratification by Procedure Type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

L. Tracey ,
V. D'Abrera ,
R. McCann ,
A. Peterson  and
P. Armstrong
L. Tracey*
Affiliation:
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public Health Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia
V. D'Abrera
Affiliation:
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public Health Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia Patient Safety Directorate, Performance Activity and Quality Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia
R. McCann
Affiliation:
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public Health Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia
A. Peterson
Affiliation:
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public Health Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia
P. Armstrong
Affiliation:
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public Health Division, Department of Health Western Australia, Perth, Australia
*
Healthcare Associated Infection Unit, Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Grace Vaughan House, PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre, Western Australia 6849 (lauren.tracey@health.wa.gov.au)
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Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , March 2012 , pp. 313 - 315
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

References

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