| infections in the surgical departments of a teaching hospital in jerusalem. | surveillance of hospital-associated infections at the hadassah university hospital has been carried out since 1970. criteria for infection were defined and were monitored by trained nurse-epidemiologists, with the cooperation of the surgical staff. this report deals with the results of a prospective study of infections present on admission, and those acquired during hospitalization, in six surgical departments between january 1972 and june 1973. of the 7,339 patients discharged, 7.5% acquired an ... | 1976 | 783080 |