Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Diagnosing Post-Cesarean Surgical Site Infections in Rural Rwanda: Development, Validation, and Field Testing of a Screening Algorithm for Use by Community Health Workers

Published:2020-09-01 Issue:7 Volume:21 Page:613-620
ISSN:1096-2964
Container-title:Surgical Infections
language:en
Short-container-title:Surgical Infections

Author:

Cherian Teena¹,Hedt-Gauthier Bethany¹²,Nkurunziza Theoneste³,Sonderman Kristin²⁴,Gruendl Magdalena Anna²⁵,Nihiwacu Edison³,Ramadhan Bahati³,Gaju Erick⁶,Nahimana Evrard³,Habiyakare Caste⁷,Ntakiyiruta Georges⁸,Matousek Alexi⁹,Riviello Robert²¹⁰,Kateera Fredrick³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Global Health and Social Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

2. Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

3. Partners in Health/Inshuti Mu Buzima, Kigali, Rwanda.

4. Department of Surgery and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

5. Department of Epidemiology, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.

6. Rwanda Ministry of Health, Kigali, Rwanda.

7. Rwanda Ministry of Health, Kirehe, Rwanda.

8. Rwanda Surgical Society, Kigali, Rwanda.

9. Heart and Lung Institute, Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Washington, USA.

10. Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert Inc

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Surgery

Link

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/sur.2020.062

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