Hospital- and system-wide interventions for health care-associated infections: a systematic review.

Nicholas R Maurer; Tory H Hogan; Daniel M Walker

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Hospital- and system-wide interventions for health care-associated infections: a systematic review.

September 16, 2020

Maurer NR, Hogan TH, Walker DM. Med Care Res Rev. 2021;78(6):643-659.

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This systematic review examined effectiveness of hospital- or system-wide interventions in reducing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The review identified several strategies for reducing HAIs, including enhanced environmental cleaning using disinfection technologies; EHR implementation; multimodal infection control programs; multichannel hand hygiene promotion; and hospital-wide cultural transformations. The review identifies approaches meriting additional research and exploration.

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