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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2011

Hospital epidemiology and infection control in acute-care settings.

Emily R M Sydnor, Trish M Perl

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Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 202 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

202 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emily R M SydnorDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Trish M Perl

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Health care-associated infections (HAIs) have become more common as medical care has grown more complex and patients have become more complicated. HAIs are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. Growing rates of HAIs alongside evidence suggesting that active surveillance and infection control practices can prevent HAIs led to the development of hospital epidemiology and infection control programs. The role for infection control programs has grown and continues to grow as rates of antimicrobial resistance rise and HAIs lead to increasing risks to patients and expanding health care costs. In this review, we summarize the history of the development of hospital epidemiology and infection control, common HAIs and the pathogens causing them, and the structure and role of a hospital epidemiology and infection control program.

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Emergency Service, HospitalCross InfectionHistory, 19th CenturyHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansInfection Control

Identifiers

PMID21233510
PMCPMC3021207

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