At the vanguard: Leaders' perspectives on establishing healthcare system infection prevention programs.

Autor: Stevens MP; Division of Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia., Wright SB; Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts., Kaye KS; Division of Infectious Diseases, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey., Zuckerman JM; Department of Internal Medicine, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey., Passaretti CL; Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina., Martinello RA; Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut., Babcock HM; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri., Edmond MB; Division of Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia., Snyder GM; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE [Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol] 2022 Dec 09; Vol. 2 (1), pp. e197. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 09 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1017/ash.2022.334
Abstrakt: Hospitals are increasingly consolidating into health systems. Some systems have appointed healthcare epidemiologists to lead system-level infection prevention programs. Ideal program infrastructure and support resources have not been described. We informally surveyed 7 healthcare epidemiologists with recent experience building and leading system-level infection prevention programs. Key facilitators and barriers for program structure and implementation are described.
(© The Author(s) 2022.)
Databáze: MEDLINE