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ReviewCurrent infectious disease reports2016

Infection Prevention in the Hospital from Past to Present: Evolving Roles and Shifting Priorities.

Michelle Doll, Angela L Hewlett, Gonzalo Bearman

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Review in Current infectious disease reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Emergency preparedness: What is the future?Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michelle DollDivision of Infectious Disease, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, 1300 East Marshall Street, P.O. Box 980019, Richmond, VA, 23290-0019, USA. michelle.doll@vcuhealth.org.
Angela L HewlettDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-3332, USA.
Gonzalo BearmanDivision of Infectious Disease, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, 23219, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital epidemiologists are vital components of integrated health centers. This central place in the healthcare landscape has rapidly evolved over a half century. Early hospital epidemiologists possessed a visionary focus on patient safety many decades prior to the quality revolution of the 1990s. A systematic and scientific approach to infection prevention has facilitated the evolution of hospital epidemiology, along with advances in technology, and increasing public attention to infectious complications in the hospital. Currently, the growing expansion of tasks and moving regulatory targets strain existing resources. These challenges threaten to limit the effectiveness of some infection-prevention activities, while also providing important opportunities for improving care. It will be increasingly important to advocate for appropriate resources to address a diverse set of changing infection prevention priorities.

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Healthcare-associated infectionHospital epidemiologyInfection controlInfection preventionInfection preventionistRegulations

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