title: Health care surveillance: what should be included?
abstract: Outpatient facilities now perform more than 50% of all surgical procedures--and that number continues to increase. Data on postoperative wound infections in the ambulatory surgery population "is going to be a real challenge to collect," according to William R. Jarvis, MD.
authors.affiliation: Investigation and Prevention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
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authors.lastname: Krajacic
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000451:nursing*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D013527:Perioperative Nursing