Moving toward elimination of healthcare-associated infections: A call to action

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1101-1105

  Cardo, Denise ^a   Dennehy, Penelope H ^b   Halverson, Paul ^c   Fishman, Neil ^d   Kohn, Mel ^a   Murphy, Cathryn L ^e   Whitley, Richard J ^f   Brennan, Patrick J ^f   Bright, Jennifer ^d   Curry, Cecilia ^a   Graham, Denise ^e   Haerum, Belinda ^c   Kainer, Marion ^a   Kaye, Keith ^d   Lundstrom, Tammy ^d   Richards, Chesley ^a   Tomlinson, Lisa ^e   Skillen, Elizabeth L ^a   Streed, Stephen ^e   Young, Melanie ^d   Septimus, Edward ^e   more..

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

^b Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)   (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^d Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)   (United States)

^e Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)   (United States)

^f Infectious Diseases Society of America Emerging Infections Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; SOCIETIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957888077     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656912     Document Type: Review

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