State of infection prevention in US hospitals enrolled in the National Health and Safety Network

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 94-99

  Stone, Patricia W ^a   Pogorzelska Maziarz, Monika ^a   Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a   Weiner, Lindsey M ^c   Furuya, E Yoko ^d   Dick, Andrew ^e   Larson, Elaine ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Hospital ^*  (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care associated infection; Infection preventionist; Policy; Quality; Staffing

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MULTIMETHOD STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTIONIST; POLICY; QUALITY; STAFFING;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893182895     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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