Journal article
A statewide survey of nosocomial infection surveillance in acute care hospitals
American journal of infection control, Vol.33(8), pp.480-482
10/2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.020
PMID: 16216664
Abstract
Increasingly, states are considering mandating the reporting of nosocomial infection data. To determine the impact of potential legislation, a questionnaire was mailed to the infection control department of each hospital in Virginia to assess the size of the infection control workforce and methodologies used for nosocomial infection surveillance. Most hospitals (64%) had 1 ICP full-time equivalent (FTE), and, at 86% of hospitals, the ICPs had other major responsibilities. The estimated mean additional ICP FTE required to perform hospital-wide surveillance was 1.7. Statewide, an additional 160 ICPs at an estimated annual cost of 11.5 million dollars would be required if reporting of all nosocomial infections were mandated.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A statewide survey of nosocomial infection surveillance in acute care hospitals
- Creators
- Michael B Edmond - Department of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0019, USA. medmond@hsc.vcu.eduMary Beth White-RussellJanis OberC Diane WoolardGonzalo M L Bearman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of infection control, Vol.33(8), pp.480-482
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.05.020
- PMID
- 16216664
- ISSN
- 0196-6553
- eISSN
- 1527-3296
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2005
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905520702771
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