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Who is steering the ship? External influences on infection control programs
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Who is steering the ship? External influences on infection control programs

Michael Edmond and Theodore C Eickhoff
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Vol.46(11), pp.1746-1750
06/01/2008
DOI: 10.1086/587987
PMID: 18419420
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Abstract

Over the past decade, hospital infection control programs have begun to face new external influences that affect day-to-day practice. The mainstream media's interest in hospital-acquired infection sparked consumer interest, which resulted in more legislative activity and government regulation. Industry's influence is also increasing. To meet the increased demands of external agencies, infection control programs will need additional resources, and the infection control community will need to be more proactive in educating the public and defining the priorities for practice and research.
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