title: Introduction: From science to implementation: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's program to prevent healthcare-associated infections-results and lessons learned.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Battles
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: James I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Cleeman
authors.affiliation: RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Katherine L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.affiliation: IMPAQ International, LLC, Columbia, MD. Electronic address: dweinberg@impaqint.com.
authors.forename: Daniel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality