Abstract
The prevention of nosocomial infections is an important aspect of patient care, particularly in high-risk areas such as intensive care units (ICUs). Local hospital leadership needs to develop easily defined infection-control policies that are evidence-based. These infection-control policies also require the presence of a dedicated group of infection-control practitioners to provide education, collect surveillance data, and oversee the implementation of the local infection-control plan.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 268-274 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Microbes and Infection |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2005 |
Keywords
- Epidemiology
- Hospital-associated infection
- Prevention
- Surveillance