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Surveillance for Quality Assessment I. Surveillance in Infection Control Success Reviewed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

William Crede  and
Walter J. Hierholzer Jr.
William Crede
Affiliation:
Department of Quality Assurance, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
Walter J. Hierholzer Jr.*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Department of Epidemiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 06504
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Abstract

This review of the use of surveillance by infection control practitioners (ICPs) in nosocomial infection control programs has identified key components that have led to and supported its continued application and success. These include:

◾ Surveillance targeting of events (diseases);

◾ Early development of standardized definitions;

◾ Wide acceptance of these criteria;

◾ Advocacy, leadership and education of methodology and;

◾ A high level of effectiveness in program practice.

Type
Special Sections
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 10 , Issue 10 , October 1989 , pp. 470 - 474
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1989

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