Zero: What is it, and how do we get there?

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-70

  Fraser, Victoria ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER INFECTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NOTE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 57749084706     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595879     Document Type: Note

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