Healthcare environments and spatial variability of healthcare associated infection risk: cross-sectional surveys.

Prevalence of healthcare associated infections remains high in patients in intensive care units (ICU), estimated at 23.4% in 2011. It is important to reduce the overall risk while minimizing the cost and disruption to service provision by targeted infection control interventions. The aim of this stu...

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Main Authors: Jean Gaudart, Elaine Cloutman-Green, Serge Guillas, Nikki D'Arcy, John C Hartley, Vanya Gant, Nigel Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3777895?pdf=render