TY - JOUR
T1 - Survey of infection control programs in a large national healthcare system
AU - Talbot, Thomas R.
AU - Tejedor, Sheri Chernetsky
AU - Greevy, Robert A.
AU - Burgess, Hayley
AU - Williams, Mark V.
AU - Deshpande, Jayant K.
AU - McFadden, Patsy
AU - Weinger, Matthew B.
AU - Englebright, Jane
AU - Dittus, Robert S.
AU - Speroff, Theodore
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - In light of consumers' and regulators' increasing focus on infection prevention, infection control practices and resources were surveyed at 134 hospitals owned by the Hospital Corporation of America. Infection control practices and resources varied substantially among hospitals, and many facilities reported difficulty acquiring the data they needed to report infection rates.
AB - In light of consumers' and regulators' increasing focus on infection prevention, infection control practices and resources were surveyed at 134 hospitals owned by the Hospital Corporation of America. Infection control practices and resources varied substantially among hospitals, and many facilities reported difficulty acquiring the data they needed to report infection rates.
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U2 - 10.1086/523867
DO - 10.1086/523867
M3 - Article
C2 - 17994522
AN - SCOPUS:38449118593
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 28
SP - 1401
EP - 1403
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 12
ER -