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Impact of organizations on healthcare-associated infections.

Castro-Sánchez E, Holmes AH. J Hosp Infect. 2015 Feb 7; [Epub ahead of print].

Health care–associated infections (HAI) present a constant challenge to patient safety. This commentary advocates for HAI reduction efforts to focus on organizational characteristics that facilitate safety activities as well as technological, informational, and multidisciplinary strategies to drive improvement.

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