title: Is the use of antimicrobial devices to prevent infection correlated across different healthcare-associated infections? Results from a national survey.
abstract: Antimicrobial devices are often used to prevent nosocomial infection, despite mixed evidence as to their efficacy. Using a national survey, we found that a hospital's use of an antimicrobial device to prevent one type of infection was associated with a higher likelihood that a similar device would be used to prevent a different infection.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. saint@med.umich.edu
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saint
authors.forename: M Todd
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Damschroder
authors.forename: Sarah L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Krein
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000517:prevention & control; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D057785:Catheters / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents