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Evidence-Based Infection Control Planning Based on National Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevalence Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jacqueline Reilly ,
Sally Stewart ,
Gwen Allardice ,
Shona Cairns ,
Lisa Ritchie  and
Julie Bruce
Jacqueline Reilly*
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, Scotland
Sally Stewart
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, Scotland
Gwen Allardice
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, Strathclyde University, Scotland
Shona Cairns
Affiliation:
Health Protection Scotland, Scotland
Lisa Ritchie
Affiliation:
Glasgow, the Infection Control Team, NHS Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Julie Bruce
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
*
HAI and IC Group, Health Protection Scotland, 1 Cadogan Square, Glasgow, G2 7HF ([email protected])
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Abstract

This study identifies factors associated with a high prevalence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) in the Scottish inpatient population, on the basis of the Scotland National HAI Prevalence Survey data set. The multivariate models developed can be used to predict HAI prevalence in specific patient groups to help with planning and policy in infection control.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , February 2009 , pp. 187 - 189
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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