TY - JOUR
T1 - The validity of surgical wound infection as a clinical indicator in Australia
T2 - Comment and measuring surgical wound infection: Comment
AU - Majoor, Jennifer W.
AU - Ibrahim, Joseph E.
AU - Cicuttini, Flavia M.
AU - McNeil, John J.
AU - McLaws, M. L.
PY - 1998/7/18
Y1 - 1998/7/18
N2 - We commend McLaws et al. for their informative review on the validity of surgical wound infection as a clinical indicator in Australia. We too, wish to emphasize that consistency in case‐finding methods and indicator definitions is mandatory when pooling data and using indicator rates to compare quality of care.
AB - We commend McLaws et al. for their informative review on the validity of surgical wound infection as a clinical indicator in Australia. We too, wish to emphasize that consistency in case‐finding methods and indicator definitions is mandatory when pooling data and using indicator rates to compare quality of care.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031810273&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04818.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1998.tb04818.x
M3 - Comment/debate/opinion
C2 - 9669370
AN - SCOPUS:0031810273
VL - 68
SP - 536
EP - 537
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
SN - 1445-1433
IS - 7
ER -