Infection control assessment of ambulatory surgical centers

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2273-2279

  Schaefer, Melissa K ^a,b   Jhung, Michael ^a   Dahl, Marilyn ^c   Schillie, Sarah ^a,b   Simpson, Crystal ^c   Llata, Eloisa ^a,b   Link Gelles, Ruth ^a   Sinkowitz Cochran, Ronda ^a   Patel, Priti ^a   Bolyard, Elizabeth ^a   Sehulster, Lynne ^a   Srinivasan, Arjun ^a   Perz, Joseph F ^a  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAND WASHING; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RECYCLING; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MARYLAND; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; NORTH CAROLINA; OKLAHOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953264016     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.744     Document Type: Article

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