Same problems, different system? A UK perspective of infection control in an American hospital.
1. Infection control practitioners are at the forefront of enforcement of infection control procedures in the US. 2. HIV infection is cited as the single most prominent cause of increases in cases of TB in most US health departments. 3. Attention to record keeping is an area in which infection control practitioners in the UK would be well advised to emulate their US colleagues.
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D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D009737:Nursing Records; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States