Effect of proactive infection control measures on benchmarked rate of hospital outbreaks: An analysis of public hospitals in Hong Kong over 5 years

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 965-970

  Cheng, Vincent C C ^a   Tai, Josepha W M ^a   Wong, Lisa M W ^a   Ching, Radley H C ^a   Ng, Modissa M L ^a   Ho, Sara K Y ^a   Lee, Doris W Y ^a   Li, W S ^a   Lee, W M ^a   Sridhar, Siddharth ^a   Wong, Sally C Y ^a   Ho, P L ^a   Yuen, K Y ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Directly observed; Environmental hygiene; Hand hygiene; Staff education; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PATIENT CARE; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; BENCHMARKING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BENCHMARKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HAND HYGIENE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 84941599489     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.04.203     Document Type: Article

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