Healthcare Environments and Spatial Variability of Healthcare Associated Infection Risk: Cross-Sectional Surveys

Prevalence of healthcare associated infections remains high in patients in intensive care units (ICU), estimated at 23.4% in 2011. It is important to reduce the overall risk while minimizing the cost and disruption to service provision by targeted infection control interventions. The aim of this stu...

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Main Authors: Gaudart, Jean, Cloutman-Green, Elaine, Guillas, Serge, D’Arcy, Nikki, Hartley, John C., Gant, Vanya, Klein, Nigel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777895/