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The Infection Control Committee

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R Todd Wiblin  and
Richard P. Wenzel
R Todd Wiblin*
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Services Research, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Richard P. Wenzel
Affiliation:
Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
*
Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Dr, C31 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Abstract

Hospital epidemiologists translate their expertise into institutional policy and gain the support of administrators through the infection control committee. Committee members have the important task of helping to disseminate information to all important hospital constituencies. The infection control team can facilitate its goals by properly preparing committee members for the meeting. A well-educated committee will approve policies efficiently. The committee periodically should reassess its accomplishments and goals. This article will explore the workings of the infection control committee and will suggest strategies that the hospital epidemiologist can use to make the committee an asset rather than a hindrance.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 44 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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