title: Save lives now. 30 things you can do to eliminate infections.
abstract: More than 2 million Americans a year acquire infections during a hospital stay, often with deadly results. These infections are costly to treat and difficult to rationalize to patients and the public. And most of them can be prevented. Here are 30 simple and low-cost things that you can do right now to eliminate infections in your hospital. Well outline additional steps in upcoming issues of H&HN as part of the 2006 Save Lives Now series.
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D014611:Vaccination; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000382:microbiology