Necessary Infrastructure of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: A Review

A. Bryant, Kristina; D. Harris, Anthony; V. Gould, Carolyn; Humphreys, Eve; Lundstrom, Tammy; Murphy, Denise; N. Olmsted, Russell; Oriola, Shannon; M. Zerr, Danielle

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.333

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Necessary Infrastructure of Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Programs: A Review

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Feb 1, 2016

Authors:

Kristina A. Bryant

Anthony D. Harris

Carolyn V. Gould

Abstract

The scope of a healthcare institution's infection prevention and control/healthcare epidemiology program (IPC/HE) should be driven by the size and complexity of the patient population served, that population's risk for healthcare-associated infection (HAI), and local, state, and national regulatory ...

Subject

Accreditation

Health care

Infection control

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