Feeding back surveillance data to prevent hospital-acquired infections.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gaynes, R. ; Richards, C. ; Edwards, J. ; Emori, T. G. ; Horan, T. ; Alonso-Echanove, J. ; Fridkin, S. ; Lawton, R. ; Peavy, G. ; Tolson, J.
• Description:
  We describe the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system. Elements of the system critical for successful reduction of nosocomial infection rates include voluntary participation and confidentiality; standard definitions and protocols; identification of populations at high risk; site-specific, risk- adjusted infection rates comparable across institutions; adequate numbers of trained infection control professionals; dissemination of data to health-care providers; and a link between monitored rates and prevention efforts.
• Subjects:
  Cross Infection Databases, Factual Data Collection Disease Notification Humans National Health Programs Population Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):295-298.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:646827fc143d7c872014fc1db3374e54c105bca38619d45378a59c5715e1d8b1ca1cba94dc756a7ade6f50615b8de0a17d591ed31324f30d8094648b01ca1187
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3310/cdc_3310_DS1.pdf
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