Back to basics: Four years of sustained improvement in implementation of contact precautions at a University Hospital

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 418-423

  Mawdsley, Emily Landon ^a,b   Garcia Houchins, Sylvia ^b   Weber, Stephen G ^b,c  

^a NW University Medical School   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENT ISOLATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77958175951     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(10)36061-2     Document Type: Article

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