title: Preventing healthcare-associated infections:  beyond best practice.
abstract: The goal of this review is to evaluate best practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and to identify opportunities beyond best practice. Achieving an infection-free hospital stay for patients will require integration of infection prevention into routine bedside clinical care. The objectives are (1) to summarize the best practices for prevention of HAI; (2) to discuss the limitations of known best practices; and (3) to discuss potential approaches beyond best practice to prevent HAI. Rationale for comprehensive horizontal approaches with active caregiver participation is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. pranavi.sreeramoju@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Pranavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sreeramoju
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017053:Infection Control; D007239:Infections; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic