Simulation shows hospitals that cooperate on infection control obtain better results than hospitals acting alone

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2295-2303

  Lee, Bruce Y ^a   Bartsch, Sarah M ^a   Wong, Kim F ^a   Yilmaz, S Levent ^a   Avery, Taliser R ^b   Singh, Ashima ^a   Song, Yeohan ^a,c   Kim, Diane S ^d   Brown, Shawn T ^a   Potter, Margaret A ^e   Platt, Richard ^b   Huang, Susan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTACT ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL GOWN; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL SHARED SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT TRANSFER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871965302     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0992     Document Type: Article

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