Preventing hospital-acquired infections: A national survey of practices reported by U.S. Hospitals in 2005 and 2009

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 773-779

  Krein, Sarah L ^a,b,c   Kowalski, Christine P ^a,c   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,b,c   Saint, Sanjay ^a,b,c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

hospitals; infection prevention; patient safety

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CATHETER ASSOCIATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM CATHETER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862701398     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1935-y     Document Type: Review

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