title: Necessary Infrastructure of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: A Review.
abstract: The scope of a healthcare institution's infection prevention and control/healthcare epidemiology program (IPC/HE) should be driven by the size and complexity of the patient population served, that population's risk for healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and local, state, and national regulatory and accreditation requirements. Essential activities of all IPC/HE programs include but are not limited to the following: ∙ Surveillance.∙ Performance improvement to reduce HAI ∙ Acute event response, including outbreak investigation ∙ Education and training of both healthcare personnel and patients ∙ Reporting of HAI to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network as well as entities required by law.
authors.affiliation: 1University of Louisville School of Medicine,Louisville,Kentucky.
authors.forename: Kristina A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.affiliation: 2University of Maryland School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland.
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.affiliation: 3Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Atlanta,Georgia.
authors.forename: Carolyn V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.affiliation: 4Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America,Arlington,Virginia.
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Humphreys
authors.affiliation: 5Premier Health,Dayton,Ohio.
authors.forename: Tammy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lundstrom
authors.affiliation: 6Main Line Health,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.affiliation: 7Trinity Health,Livonia,Michigan.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Olmsted
authors.affiliation: 8Scripps Memorial Hospital,La Jolla,California.
authors.forename: Shannon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oriola
authors.affiliation: 9University of Washington,Seattle,Washington.
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zerr
mesh_terms: D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States
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