Preventing Hospital Infections: Real-World Problems, Realistic Solutions - Softcover

Saint, Sanjay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199398836 ISBN 13: 9780199398836

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2014

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Leads readers through a step-by-step description of a quality improvement intervention as it might unfold in a model hospital, pinpointing the likely obstacles and offering practical strategies for how to surmount them.

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Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, is the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan, the Director of the VA/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, and the Associate Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. He is an international leader in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) and is currently on the leadership team of a federally-funded project that is reducing CAUTI across the United States. He has research studies underway in Japan, Thailand, Switzerland, Italy, and Australia, and has been a visiting professor at over 45 institutions across the world.

Sarah L. Krein, PhD, RN, is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan and an investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research. She also has an adjunct appointment at the University of Michigan School of Nursing. Dr. Krein has expertise in implementation research and qualitative methods with a particular focus on enhancing patient safety and preventing healthcare-associated complications.

Robert W. Stock is a freelance book and magazine writer. As an editor, writer, and columnist for The New York Times for three decades, and as a freelancer, he has frequently written about medical subjects, ranging from amniocentesis to genetic counseling to public health.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199398836
• ISBN 13: 9780199398836
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176
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