title: What infection rates do--and don't--mean.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology