AHRQ Patient Safety Network: Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program.

AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Theme issue shares results of AHRQ's program to reduce health care–associated infections.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014;35(suppl 3):S1-S141.

Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections: Results and Lessons Learned from AHRQ's HAI Program.

Battles JB, Cleeman JI, Kahn KL, Weinberg DA, eds. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014;35(suppl 3):S1-S141.

Articles in this special issue explore evidence developed from an AHRQ-funded initiative to reduce health care–associated infections (HAIs). Researchers examine epidemiological issues, disparities in HAI rates, quality improvement efforts, assessment tools, and how antibiotic stewardship programs influence HAI prevention and research.

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