epic3: national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals in England

HP Loveday, JA Wilson, RJ Pratt, M Golsorkhi… - Journal of Hospital …, 2014 - Elsevier
National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England were originally commissioned by the …

epic2: National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS hospitals in England

RJ Pratt, CM Pellowe, JA Wilson, HP Loveday… - Journal of Hospital …, 2007 - Elsevier
National evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HCAI)
in National Health Service (NHS) hospitals in England were commissioned by the …

The epic project: developing national evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare associated infections. Phase I: Guidelines for preventing hospital-acquired …

RJ Pratt, C Pellowe, HP Loveday… - The Journal of …, 2001 - europepmc.org
A comment on this article appears in" Frequency of replacing peripheral venous catheters." J
Hosp Infect. 2005 Apr; 59 (4): 375-6. A comment on this article appears in" The epic Project …

A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates

DS Yokoe, DJ Anderson, SM Berenholtz… - Infection Control & …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Since the publication of “A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated
Infections in Acute Care Hospitals” in 2008, prevention of healthcare-associated infections …

Executive summary: a compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals

DS Yokoe, LA Mermel, DJ Anderson… - Infection Control & …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Preventable healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) occur in US hospitals. Preventing these
infections is a national priority, with initiatives led by healthcare organizations, professional …

Introduction: improving patient safety through infection control: a new healthcare imperative

DS Yokoe, D Classen - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 2008 - cambridge.org
Many healthcare organizations, professional associations, government and accrediting
agencies, legislators, regulators, payers, and consumer advocacy groups have advanced …

Hospital organisation, management, and structure for prevention of health-care-associated infection: a systematic review and expert consensus

W Zingg, A Holmes, M Dettenkofer… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Despite control efforts, the burden of health-care-associated infections in Europe is high and
leads to around 37 000 deaths each year. We did a systematic review to identify crucial …

State of infection prevention in US hospitals enrolled in the National Health and Safety Network

PW Stone, M Pogorzelska-Maziarz, CTA Herzig… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background This report provides a national cross-sectional snapshot of infection prevention
and control programs and clinician compliance with the implementation of processes to …

Infection control as a major World Health Organization priority for developing countries

D Pittet, B Allegranzi, J Storr, SB Nejad… - Journal of hospital …, 2008 - Elsevier
Healthcare-associated infection affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is a
major global issue for patient safety. It complicates between 5 and 10% of admissions in …

The United States approach to strategies in the battle against healthcare-associated infections, 2006: transitioning from benchmarking to zero tolerance and clinician …

WR Jarvis - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2007 - Elsevier
Approximately 2,000,000 healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) annually occur in US
healthcare facilities and lead to approximately 60,000 90,000 deaths and cost $17 29 billion …