Perceptions of Health Care-Associated Infection Metrics by Infection Control Experts

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e238952. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8952.

Authors

Gregory M Schrank^{1

2}, Westyn Branch-Elliman^{3

4}, Surbhi Leekha², Jonathan Baghdadi², Lisa Pineles², Anthony D Harris², Daniel J Morgan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
² Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
³ Section of Infectious Diseases, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This survey study examines the perceptions of US infection control experts on commonly reported measures of health care–associated infections.

MeSH terms

Benchmarking*
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Infection Control

Grants and funding

KL2 TR003099/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States