Meaningful measure of performance: A foundation built on valid, reproducible findings from surveillance of health care-associated infections

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-90

  Fridkin, Scott K ^a   Olmsted, Russell N ^b  

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

^b Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGEMIA; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAID; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952303551     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.01.002     Document Type: Note

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