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Infection Control in Public Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rebecca Wurtz
Rebecca Wurtz*
Affiliation:
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

Public hospitals face challenging infection control problems that differ from those in other hospitals. This article reviews some of the unique aspects of infection control in public hospitals, including governance, physical plant, patient mix, communicable diseases, and employee issues, and suggests management strategies.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 11 , November 1995 , pp. 642 - 646
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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