title: How should we interpret hospital infection statistics?
authors.affiliation: National Health Performance Authority, Sydney, NSW, Australia. diane.watson@nhpa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Diane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000379:methods*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*