title: Politically incorrect: legislation must not mandate specific healthcare epidemiology and infection prevention and control practices.
authors.affiliation: Society for Healthcare Epidemiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frain
authors.forename: Kathleen Meehan
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Trish M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Perl
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011057:Politics; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance