Preventing healthcare-associated infections: beyond best practice.
Division of Medicine-Infectious Diseases, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. pranavi.sreeramoju@utsouthwestern.edu
The American journal of the medical sciences 2013 MarThe goal of this review is to evaluate best practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and to identify opportunities beyond best practice. Achieving an infection-free hospital stay for patients will require integration of infection prevention into routine bedside clinical care. The objectives are (1) to summarize the best practices for prevention of HAI; (2) to discuss the limitations of known best practices; and (3) to discuss potential approaches beyond best practice to prevent HAI. Rationale for comprehensive horizontal approaches with active caregiver participation is discussed.
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Pranavi Sreeramoju. Preventing healthcare-associated infections: beyond best practice. The American journal of the medical sciences. 2013 Mar;345(3):239-44
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PMID: 22270397
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