Healthcare-associated infections: a national patient safety problem and the coordinated response.

Rita Rani Jeeva; Donald Wright

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Healthcare-associated infections: a national patient safety problem and the coordinated response.

February 19, 2014

Jeeva RR, Wright D. Med Care. 2014;52(2 Suppl 1):S4-8.

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This commentary describes the development of a national effort to reduce health care–associated infections and reviews experiences from state, regional, and national interventions implemented over the past 5 years as part of this initiative.

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