TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction to "A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals
T2 - 2014 updates"
AU - Yokoe, Deborah S.
AU - Anderson, Deverick J.
AU - Berenholtz, Sean M.
AU - Calfee, David P.
AU - Dubberke, Erik R.
AU - Ellingson, Katherine
AU - Gerding, Dale N.
AU - Haas, Janet
AU - Kaye, Keith S.
AU - Klompas, Michael
AU - Lo, Evelyn
AU - Marschall, Jonas
AU - Mermel, Leonard A.
AU - Nicolle, Lindsay
AU - Salgado, Cassandra
AU - Bryant, Kristina
AU - Classen, David
AU - Crist, Katrina
AU - Foster, Nancy
AU - Humphreys, Eve
AU - Padberg, Jennifer
AU - Podgorny, Kelly
AU - Vanamringe, Margaret
AU - Weaver, Tom
AU - Wise, Robert
AU - Maragakis, Lisa L.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals" in 2008, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a national priority. Despite improvements, preventable HAIs continue to occur. The 2014 updates to the Compendium were created to provide acute care hospitals with up-to-date, practical, expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing their HAI prevention efforts. It is the product of a highly collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a number of organizations and societies with content expertise, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and the Surgical Infection Society (SIS).
AB - Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals" in 2008, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a national priority. Despite improvements, preventable HAIs continue to occur. The 2014 updates to the Compendium were created to provide acute care hospitals with up-to-date, practical, expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing their HAI prevention efforts. It is the product of a highly collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a number of organizations and societies with content expertise, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and the Surgical Infection Society (SIS).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898753116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/675819
DO - 10.1086/675819
M3 - Article
C2 - 24709713
AN - SCOPUS:84898753116
VL - 35
SP - 455
EP - 459
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 5
ER -