Infection control: Public reporting, disincentives, and bad behavior

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 989-991

  Horowitz, Harold W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

BURNOUT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION CONTROL PRACTITIONER; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PUBLIC REPORTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TRIANGULATION; URINE CULTURE; WARD; WELLBEING; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ECONOMICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84941600752     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.02.033     Document Type: Note

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