A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Updates
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Since the publication of "A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals" in 2008, prevention of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) has become a national priority. Despite improvements, preventable HAIs continue to occur. The 2014 updates to the Compendium were created to provide acute care hospitals with up-to-date, practical, expert guidance to assist in prioritizing and implementing their HAI prevention efforts. They are the product of a highly collaborative effort led by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and The Joint Commission, with major contributions from representatives of a number of organizations and societies with content expertise, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM), and the Surgical Infection Society (SIS).
DOI: 10.1086/677216
Authors: Deborah S. Yokoe, Deverick J. Anderson, Sean M. Berenholtz, David P. Calfee, Erik R. Dubberke, Katherine D. Ellingson, Dale N. Gerding, Janet P. Haas, Keith S. Kaye, Michael Klompas, Evelyn Lo, Jonas Marschall, Leonard A. Mermel, Lindsay E. Nicolle, Cassandra D. Salgado, Kristina Bryant, David Classen, Katrina Crist, Valerie M. Deloney, Neil O. Fishman, Nancy Foster, Donald A. Goldmann, Eve Humphreys, John A. Jernigan, Jennifer Padberg, Trish M. Perl, Kelly Podgorny, Edward J. Septimus, Margaret VanAmringe, Tom Weaver, Robert A. Weinstein, Robert Wise, Lisa L. Maragakis
Institutions: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, Duke Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Weill Cornell Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Loyola University Chicago, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, St. Boniface Hospital, University of Manitoba, University of Bern, University Hospital of Bern, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Health Sciences Centre, Medical University of South Carolina, University of Louisville, University of Utah, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, University of Pennsylvania Health System, American Hospital Association, Boston Children's Hospital, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Emory University, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Joint Commission, Texas A&M Health Science Center, HCA Healthcare, Rush University Medical Center
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2810715112