The evolving landscape of healthcare-associated infections: Recent advances in prevention and a road map for research

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 480-493

  Safdar, Nasia ^a   Anderson, Deverick J ^b   Braun, Barbara I ^c   Carling, Philip ^d   Cohen, Stuart ^e   Donskey, Curtis ^f   Drees, Marci ^g   Harris, Anthony ^h   Henderson, David K ⁱ   Huang, Susan S ^j   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^k   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^l   Linkin, Darren R ^l   Meddings, Jennifer ^m   Miller, Loren G ⁿ   Milstone, Aaron ^o   Morgan, Daniel ^h   Sengupta, Sharmila ^p   Varman, Meera ^q   Yokoe, Deborah ^r   Zerr, Danielle M ^s   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Joint Commission   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁿ HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p Department of Microbiology   (India)

^q CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PATHOGEN LOAD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COOPERATION; CROSS INFECTION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESEARCH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRENDS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS INFECTION; FORECASTING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESEARCH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84898765712     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675821     Document Type: Article

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