Getting to zero: An emerging policy framework for the elimination of hospital-associated infections

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-73

  Richards, Chesley ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RECOGNITION; REWARD; SCIENTIST;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 57749100359     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595858     Document Type: Note

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