Chasing zero: Can reality meet the rhetoric?

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 216-222

  Denham, Charles R ^a,b,c   Angood, Peter ^c   Berwick, Don ^d   Binder, Leah ^e   Clancy, Carolyn M ^f   Corrigan, Janet M ^c   Hunt, David ^g  

^a Texas Medical Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Leapfrog Safe Practices Program

^c NATIONAL QUALITY FORUM   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^e Leapfrog Group   (United States)

^f AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated infections; Hospital acquired infections; Infection control; Infection prevention; National quality forum safe practices

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION; UNITED STATES;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949115183     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181c1b470     Document Type: Article

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