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Impact of organizations on healthcare-associated infections.

November 16, 2015

Castro-Sánchez E, Holmes AH. J Hosp Infect. 2015;89(4):346-50.

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Health care–associated infections (HAI) present a constant challenge to patient safety. This commentary advocates for HAI reduction efforts to focus on organizational characteristics that facilitate safety activities as well as technological, informational, and multidisciplinary strategies to drive improvement.

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