CDC/NHSN surveillance definition of health care-associated infection and criteria for specific types of infections in the acute care setting

  • Horan, Teresa C. MPH
  • Andrus, Mary RN, BA, CIC
  • Dudeck, Margaret A. MPH

  • National Healthcare Safety Network, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Address correspondence to Teresa C. Horan, MPH, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop A24, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30333. E-mail: [email protected].

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control 36(5):p 309-332, June 2008.
Copyright © 2008 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
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