RT Book, Section
A1 Wachter, Robert M.
SR Print(0)
ID 56250923
T1 Chapter 10. Healthcare-Associated Infections
T2 Understanding Patient Safety, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176578-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56250923
RD 2024/04/16
AB Before  the  patient  safety  movement  began,  the  prevention  of  hospital-acquired  infections  was  seen  as  the  job  of  the  hospital  epidemiologist  and  other  infection  control  staff,  who  tried  (often  unsuccessfully)  to  engage  clinicians  in  prevention  efforts.  Branding  healthcare-associated  infections  (HAIs)  as  a  patient  safety  problem  (which  by  extension  rendered  failure  to  engage  in  appropriate  infection  control  practices  a  form  of  medical  error)  has  elevated  the  importance  of  these  infections  and  propelled  prevention  into  the  mainstream.