Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals
Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals
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Emerging Infections Program Hospital Prevalence Survey Team , Magill, Shelley S , O’Leary, Erin , Janelle, Sarah J , Thompson, Deborah L , Dumyati, Ghinwa , Nadle, Joelle , Wilson, Lucy E , Kainer, Marion A , Lynfield, Ruth , Greissman, Samantha , Ray, Susan M , Beldavs, Zintars , Gross, Cindy , Bamberg, Wendy , Sievers, Marla , Concannon, Cathleen , Buhr, Nicolai , Warnke, Linn , Maloney, Meghan , Ocampo, Valerie , Brooks, Janet , Oyewumi, Tolulope , Sharmin, Shamima , Richards, Katherine , Rainbow, Jean , Samper, Monika , Hancock, Emily B , Leaptrot, Denise , Scalise, Eileen , Badrun, Farzana , Phelps, Ruby and Edwards, Jonathan R
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United States: Massachusetts Medical Society
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A point-prevalence survey that was conducted in the United States in 2011 showed that 4% of hospitalized patients had a health care-associated infection. We repeated the survey in 2015 to assess changes in the prevalence of health care-associated infections during a period of national attention to the prevention of such infections.
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Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals
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Magill, Shelley S
O’Leary, Erin
Janelle, Sarah J
Thompson, Deborah L
Dumyati, Ghinwa
Nadle, Joelle
Wilson, Lucy E
Kainer, Marion A
Lynfield, Ruth
Greissman, Samantha
Ray, Susan M
Beldavs, Zintars
Gross, Cindy
Bamberg, Wendy
Sievers, Marla
Concannon, Cathleen
Buhr, Nicolai
Warnke, Linn
Maloney, Meghan
Ocampo, Valerie
Brooks, Janet
Oyewumi, Tolulope
Sharmin, Shamima
Richards, Katherine
Rainbow, Jean
Samper, Monika
Hancock, Emily B
Leaptrot, Denise
Scalise, Eileen
Badrun, Farzana
Phelps, Ruby
Edwards, Jonathan R
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7978499
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7978499
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0028-4793
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1533-4406
DOI
10.1056/NEJMoa1801550
