Moving evidence from the literature to the bedside: Report from the APIC Research Task Force

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 770-777

  Stone, Patricia W ^a   Larson, Elaine ^a   Saint, Sanjay ^a   Wright, Marc Oliver ^a   Slavish, Sue ^a   Murphy, Cathryn ^a   Granato, Jerome E ^a   Pettis, Ann Marie ^a   Kilpatrick, Claire ^a   Graham, Denise ^a   Warye, Kathy ^a   Olmsted, Russell ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

APIC research task force; Comparative effectiveness research; dissemination and implementation science; infection control; practice based research networks

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FUNDING; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; REVIEW;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 78649345102     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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