title: Survey of infection control programs in a large national healthcare system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: Sheri Chernetsky
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tejedor
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Greevy
authors.forename: Hayley
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.forename: Mark V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Jayant K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Deshpande
authors.forename: Patsy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McFadden
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Weinger
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Englebright
authors.forename: Robert S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dittus
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Speroff
mesh_terms: 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