Use of benchmarking and public reporting for infection control in four high-income countries

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 471-481

  Haustein, Thomas ^a   Gastmeier, Petra ^c   Holmes, Alison ^d   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^e   Shannon, Richard P ^f   Pittet, Didier ^a,b   Harbarth, Stephan ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BENCHMARKING; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATIENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956290100     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70315-7     Document Type: Review

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