TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Infections Acquired in Health Care Facilities
A1  - Weinstein, Robert A.
A2  - Loscalzo, Joseph
A2  - Fauci, Anthony
A2  - Kasper, Dennis
A2  - Hauser, Stephen
A2  - Longo, Dan
A2  - Jameson, J. Larry
Y1  - 2022
N1  - 
T2  - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
AB  - Health  care–associated  infections  affect  at  least  2  million  patients  at  a  cost  of  billions  of  dollars  and  100,000  or  more  lives  in  U.S.  hospitals  annually.  Guidelines  from  the  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  (www.cdc.gov/hicpac/),  the  Agency  for  Healthcare  Research  and  Quality  (www.ahrq.gov),  and  professional  societies  (e.g.,  www.shea-online.org;  www.idsociety.org;  www.apic.org;  www.his.org.uk)  have  led  to  marked  reductions  in  occurrence  of  most  device-related  infections  (https://www.cdc.gov/hai/data/portal/progress-report.html)—historically,  the  largest  drivers  of  nosocomial  infection  risk.  Despite  these  successes,  there  is  the  seemingly  unending  threat  of  antimicrobial-resistant  infections  and  novel  pathogens.  This  chapter  reviews  the  epidemiology,  prevention,  and  control  of  health  care–associated  infections  and  newer  challenges.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1190479711
ER  -