AHRQ Patient Safety Network ▲ Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

New collection includes 19 AHRQ-supported papers that tested strategies to prevent and/or control health care–associated infections.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2014. AHRQ Publication No. 14-0003.

Advances in the Prevention and Control of HAIs.

Battles JB, Cleeman JI, Kahn KL, Weinberg DA, eds. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; June 2014. AHRQ Publication No. 14-0003.

Health care–associated infections (HAIs) are a known contributor to preventable patient harm. This publication offers 19 papers that explore government-funded research into HAIs, including lessons learned from the design and implementation of prevention efforts along with projects that sought to detect and measure HAI incidents to determine risks.

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