Impact of society of hospital medicine workshops on hospitalists' knowledge and perceptions of health care-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-273

  Bush Knapp, Megan E ^a   Budnitz, Tina ^b   Lawton Ciccarone, Rachel M ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda L ^a   Brinsley Rainisch, Kristin J ^a   Dressler, Daniel D ^c   Williams, Mark V ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Society of Hospital Medicine   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Education; Healthcare associate infections; Hospitalist; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL STAFF; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WORKSHOP;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548486960     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.223     Document Type: Article

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