Characteristics of national and statewide health care–associated infection surveillance programs: A qualitative study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1505-1510

  Russo, Philip L ^a,b   Havers, Sally M ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^c,d   Richards, Michael ^e   Graves, Nicholas ^a   Hall, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HEALTH   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care associated infection; Nursing; Policy; Qualitative approaches; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSENSUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL PENALTY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNISHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84994494509     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.06.034     Document Type: Article

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