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Survey of Infection Control Programs in a Large National Healthcare System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Thomas R. Talbot ,
Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor ,
Robert A. Greevy ,
Hayley Burgess ,
Mark V. Williams ,
Jayant K. Deshpande ,
Patsy McFadden ,
Matthew B. Weinger ,
Jane Englebright  and
Robert S. Dittus
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Thomas R. Talbot*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Sheri Chernetsky Tejedor
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Robert A. Greevy
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
Hayley Burgess
Affiliation:
Hospital Corporation of America Corporate, Nashville, Tennessee
Mark V. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Jayant K. Deshpande
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Patsy McFadden
Affiliation:
Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Matthew B. Weinger
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
Jane Englebright
Affiliation:
Hospital Corporation of America Corporate, Nashville, Tennessee
Robert S. Dittus
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
Theodore Speroff
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee
*
A-2200 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue S, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232 (tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu)
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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.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 12 , December 2007 , pp. 1401 - 1403
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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