Targeted assessment for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: A new prioritization metric

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1379-1384

  Soe, Minn M ^a   Gould, Carolyn V ^a   Pollock, Daniel ^a   Edwards, Jonathan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CUMULATIVE ATTRIBUTABLE DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; METRIC SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84958542081     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.201     Document Type: Article

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