"Never events": Not every hospital-Acquired infection is preventable

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Brown, Jack ^a,b,c   Doloresco III, Fred ^b,c,e   Mylotte, Joseph M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Buffalo   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILLING AND CLAIMS; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149110684     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/604719     Document Type: Short Survey

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