Considerations for a WHO European strategy on health-care-associated infection, surveillance, and control

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 242-250

  Pittet, Didier ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^b   Sax, Hugo ^a   Bertinato, Luigi ^c   Concia, Ercole ^b   Cookson, Barry ^d   Fabry, Jacques ^e   Richet, Hervé ^f   Philip, Pauline ^g   Spencer, Robert C ^d   Ganter, Bernardus W K ^h   Lazzari, Stefano ⁱ  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Intl Hlth and Social Aff Office   (Italy)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

ⁱ WHO/CSR Office   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; CONSULTATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20144378211     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(05)70055-4     Document Type: Note

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