TY - JOUR
T1 - The business of health care epidemiology
T2 - Creating a vision for service excellence
AU - Fraser, Victoria J.
AU - Olsen, Margaret A.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - To achieve service excellence in infection control in an era of fiscal constraint requires infection control specialists to demonstrate the value of their department in business terms to their health care administrators. Models for achieving service excellence in infection control based on cost-effective interventions found effective in our organization are described, including development and maintenance of effective teams, guidelines for structuring and implementing interventions, and establishment of business standards for excellence in health care.
AB - To achieve service excellence in infection control in an era of fiscal constraint requires infection control specialists to demonstrate the value of their department in business terms to their health care administrators. Models for achieving service excellence in infection control based on cost-effective interventions found effective in our organization are described, including development and maintenance of effective teams, guidelines for structuring and implementing interventions, and establishment of business standards for excellence in health care.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036223925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1067/mic.2002.117041
DO - 10.1067/mic.2002.117041
M3 - Article
C2 - 11943999
AN - SCOPUS:0036223925
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 30
SP - 77
EP - 85
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 2
ER -