Development and assessment of national performance indicators for infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship in European long-term care facilities

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-53

  Cookson, B ^a   MacKenzie, D ^a   Kafatos, G ^a   Jans, B ^b   Latour, K ^b   Moro, M L ^c   Ricchizzi, E ^c   Van de Mortel, M ^d   Suetens, C ^e   Fabry, J ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c Agenzia Sanitaria e Sociale Regionale dell'Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial stewardship; Healthcare associated infection; Long term care facilities; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONG TERM CARE; NATIONAL PERFORMANCE INDICATOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84881670396     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.04.019     Document Type: Article

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