A successful, voluntary, multicomponent statewide effort to reduce health care-associated infections

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-73

  Ward, Marcia M ^a   Clabaugh, Gerd ^b   Evans, Thomas C ^b   Herwaldt, Loreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa Healthcare Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

health care acquired infection; hospital; quality improvement; statewide initiative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFECTION CONTROL; IOWA; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84855183066     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860611405506     Document Type: Article

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