Public Health Laboratory Service/National Health Service Working Party on Hospital Infection. Infection control organizations in hospitals in England and Wales, 1979.
A survey of infection Control Organizations operating in hospitals in England and Wales is reported. Replies to the questionnaire which were received from organizations covering 95% of acute hospitals showed that an organization existed in virtually all acute hospitals; that a Control of Infection Officer and Committee existed in about 90%; and that an infection Control Nurse had been appointed in about 65% of hospitals covered by the survey.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003625:Data Collection; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014852:Wales