title: The infection control committee.
abstract: Hospital epidemiologists translate their expertise into institutional policy and gain the support of administrators through the infection control committee. Committee members have the important task of helping to disseminate information to all important hospital constituencies. The infection control team can facilitate its goals by properly preparing committee members for the meeting. A well-educated committee will approve policies efficiently. The committee periodically should reassess its accomplishments and goals. This article will explore the workings of the infection control committee and will suggest strategies that the hospital epidemiologist can use to make the committee an asset rather than a hindrance. an asset rather than a hindrance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Wiblin
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Wenzel
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016134:Organizational Policy