State-Mandated Reporting of Health Care–Associated Infections in the United States: Trends Over Time

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 417-424

  Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a,b   Reagan, Julie ^c   Pogorzelska Maziarz, Monika ^a   Srinath, Divya ^d   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IP Navigation Group   (United States)

Author keywords

device associated infections; health care associated infection legislation; mandatory reporting; multidrug resistant organisms

Indexed keywords

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940030059     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614540200     Document Type: Article

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