Revista: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
Base de datos: | PERIÓDICA |
Número de sistema: | 000290665 |
ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
Autores: | El Far, Fabiane1 Marino, Cristiane G.J Medeiros, Eduardo Alexandrino Servolo |
Instituciones: | 1Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
Año: | 2001 |
Periodo: | Dic |
Volumen: | 5 |
Número: | 6 |
Paginación: | 290-293 |
País: | Brasil |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
Enfoque: | Experimental |
Resumen en inglés | The importance of Hospital Infection Control Committees (HICC) increases every year due to the emergence of multiresistant bacterial strains, hospital outbreaks, and other factors that cause HI. This demonstrates the fragility of the quality of hospital and medical care. Having a well-organized HICC benefits hospitals by improving quality, lowering costs and, most important, reducing patient morbidity and mortality. This review records the history of the development of HICCs, their present organizational structure, and offers recommendations for the best methods of infection surveillance |
Disciplinas: | Medicina |
Palabras clave: | Hospitales, Microbiología, Salud pública, Infección hospitalaria, Prevención, Control, Costos, Mortalidad, Vigilancia, Calidad |
Keyword: | Medicine, Hospitals, Microbiology, Public health, Nosocomial infections, Prevention, Control, Costs, Mortality, Surveillance, Quality |
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