Survey of infection control programs in a large national healthcare system.
In light of consumers' and regulators' increasing focus on infection prevention, infection control practices and resources were surveyed at 134 hospitals owned by the Hospital Corporation of America. Infection control practices and resources varied substantially among hospitals, and many facilities reported difficulty acquiring the data they needed to report infection rates.
Talbot
Thomas R
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Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu
Tejedor
Sheri Chernetsky
SC
Greevy
Robert A
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Burgess
Hayley
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Williams
Mark V
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Deshpande
Jayant K
JK
McFadden
Patsy
P
Weinger
Matthew B
MB
Englebright
Jane
J
Dittus
Robert S
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Speroff
Theodore
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D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003625:Data Collection; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D016357:Infection Control Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States