The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare-associated infection: Results of a multisite qualitative study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 901-907

  Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,c   Kowalski, Christine P ^a   Banaszak Holl, Jane ^a,d   Forman, Jane ^a,b   Damschroder, Laura ^a   Krein, Sarah L ^a,b,c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LEADERSHIP; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955748023     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/655459     Document Type: Article

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