title: Consortium upgrades 12 hospitals' infection control programs.
abstract: A consortium's infection control nurse and physician epidemiologists boost the member hospitals' infection control efforts through onsite rounds, establishment of group standards, reports on each hospitals' performance, ongoing education, medicolegal assistance, monitoring of use of isolation evaluation of infection control products, and other activities.
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004813:Epidemiology; D005431:Florida; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education; D011787:Quality of Health Care