Quality management for preventing healthcare-acquired infections. The importance of surveillance;Qualitätsmanagement zur Infektionsprävention im Krankenhaus: die Bedeutung der Surveillance

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Gastmeier, P ^a   Behnke, M ^a   Reichardt, C ^a   Geffers, C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hand disinfection; Nosocomial infections; Quality management; Sepsis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79954473688     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-010-1200-2     Document Type: Article

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