RT Book, Section A1 Wachter, Robert M. A1 Gupta, Kiran SR Print(0) ID 1146175760 T1 Healthcare-Associated Infections T2 Understanding Patient Safety, 3e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259860249 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146175760 RD 2024/03/28 AB Before the advent of the patient safety movement, the hospital epidemiology and other infection control staff were largely responsible for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections. Attempts to engage clinicians in prevention efforts were often unsuccessful. Branding healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) as a patient safety problem (which by extension rendered failure of clinicians to engage in appropriate infection control practices a form of medical error) has elevated the importance of preventing these infections in the minds of providers, leaders of healthcare organizations, and policymakers.