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Establishing the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in Australian hospitals: protocol for the Comprehensive Healthcare Associated Infection National Surveillance (CHAINS) study

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  • Philip L Russo School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research—Alfred Health Partnership, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Andrew Stewardson Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Allen C Cheng Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tracey Bucknall School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research—Alfred Health Partnership, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kalisvar Marimuthu Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brett G Mitchell Faculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology, Avondale College of Higher Education, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Philip L Russo; p.russo{at}deakin.edu.au
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Russo PL, Stewardson A, Cheng AC, et al
Establishing the prevalence of healthcare-associated infections in Australian hospitals: protocol for the Comprehensive Healthcare Associated Infection National Surveillance (CHAINS) study
BMJ Open 2018;8:e024924. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024924

Publication history

  • Received June 21, 2018
  • Revised September 25, 2018
  • Accepted October 4, 2018
  • First published November 8, 2018.
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November 21, 2022
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