Primary and secondary literature should be distinguished when searching for data used in systematic reviews of nosocomial outbreaks

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jul;36(7):862-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.58. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

Authors

Ralf-Peter Vonberg¹, Petra Gastmeier²

Affiliations

¹ 1Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology,Hannover Medical School,Hannover,Germany.
² 2Institute for Hygiene and Environmental Health,Charité - University Medicine Berlin,Berlin,Germany.

PMID: 25777469
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.58

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Blood Component Transfusion / adverse effects*
Cross Infection / etiology*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Contamination / statistics & numerical data*
Humans