Journal article
The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and Infection Control: Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance, and New Technology
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.25(4), pp.858-870
10/1997
DOI: 10.1086/515557
PMID: 9356802
Abstract
The clinical microbiology laboratory is an essential component of an effective infection control program. Laboratory personnel have a broad range of technologies, from traditional methods of detecting and identifying organisms to modern molecular typing methods, that they can use to support and enhance the efforts of the infection control staff. If the infection control team applies these technologies appropriately, it can prevent problems and solve nosocomial mysteries efficiently. In this era of cost-containment, staff members in the laboratory and in the infection control program must work hard to communicate their unique and shared goals, needs, and problems. If the laboratory and infection control personnel cooperate and collaborate rather than compete, both programs will be successful and the patients and the hospital will benefit because the risk of nosocomial infections and the frequency of resistant organisms will be reduced.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Clinical Microbiology Laboratory and Infection Control: Emerging Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance, and New Technology
- Creators
- Michael A Pfaller - Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaLoreen A Herwaldt - Departments of Pathology and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.25(4), pp.858-870
- DOI
- 10.1086/515557
- PMID
- 9356802
- NLM abbreviation
- Clin Infect Dis
- ISSN
- 1058-4838
- eISSN
- 1537-6591
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1997
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Pathology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094595502771
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