Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: A systematic review and expert consensus

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 212-224

  Zingg, Walter ^a   Holmes, Alison ^b   Dettenkofer, Markus ^c   Goetting, Tim ^c   Secci, Federica ^b   Clack, Lauren ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^d   Magiorakos, Anna Pelagia ^e   Pittet, Didier ^a,f   Carmeli, Yehuda ^f   Dittrich, Anna ^f   Ebner, Winfried ^f   Edwards, Rachel ^f   Ferlie, Ewan ^f   Gastmeier, Petra ^f   Hryniewicz, Waleria ^f   Kalenic, Smilja ^f   Kilpatrick, Claire ^f   Sorknes, Nina ^f   Szilagyi, Emese ^f   Vatcheva Dobrevska, Rossitza ^f   Vincent, Charles ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONSENSUS; ERGONOMICS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKLOAD; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HOSPITAL; PROCEDURES;

CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84921029518     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70854-0     Document Type: Review

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