Health care-associated infection prevention in Japan: The role of safety culture

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 888-893

  Sakamoto, Fumie ^a   Sakihama, Tomoko ^b   Saint, Sanjay ^c,d,e   Greene, M Todd ^c,d   Ratz, David ^d,e   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^b  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care associated infection; Infection prevention; Japanese hospitals; Nosocomial; Safety culture

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAND WASHING; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; JAPAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY; URINARY CATHETER; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; STANDARDS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84905504402     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.018     Document Type: Article

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