Public reporting of hospital-acquired infections is not associated with improved processes or outcomes

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 844-846

  Linkin, Darren R ^a,b   Fishman, Neil O ^a,b   Shea, Judy A ^a,b   Yang, Wei ^b   Cary, Mark S ^b   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION RISK; PERCEPTION; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HAND HYGIENE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONERS; LEGISLATION, HOSPITAL; MANDATORY REPORTING; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ISOLATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880048273     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671279     Document Type: Article

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