Are we measuring what we intend to measure? Implications for the management of healthcare-acquired infections

M. Aldeyab; M. Scott; G. Conlon-Bingham; A. Nagar; D. Farren; M. Kearney

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.016

Are we measuring what we intend to measure? Implications for the management of healthcare-acquired infections

M. Aldeyab, M. Scott, G. Conlon-Bingham, A. Nagar, D. Farren, M. Kearney

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	206-208
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	92
Issue number	2
Early online date	9 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.016
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 9 Nov 2015

Bibliographical note

Export Date: 15 September 2018

CODEN: JHIND

Correspondence Address: Aldeyab, M.; Pharmacy and Medicines Management Centre, Antrim Area Hospital, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Beech House, United Kingdom; email: Mamoon.Aldeyab@northerntrust.hscni.net

References: Aldeyab, M.A., McElnay, J.C., Scott, M.G., A modified method for measuring antibiotic use in healthcare settings: implications for antibiotic stewardship and benchmarking (2014) J Antimicrob Chemother, 69, pp. 1132-1141; Peterson, J.C., Paget, S.A., Lachs, M.S., The risk of comorbidity (2012) Ann Rheum Dis, 71, pp. 635-637; Conlon-Bingham, G., Aldeyab, M.A., Kearney, M.P., Scott, M.G., Baldwin, N., McElnay, J.C., Reduction in the incidence of hospital-acquired MRSA following the introduction of a chlorine dioxide 275ppm based disinfecting agent in a district general hospital (2015) Eur J Hosp Pharm; Wagner, A.K., Soumerai, S.B., Zhang, F., Ross-Degnan, D., Segmented regression analysis of interrupted time series studies in medication use research (2002) J Clin Pharm Ther, 27, pp. 299-309; Jarlier, V., Trystram, D., Brun-Buisson, C., Curbing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 38 French hospitals through a 15-year institutional control program (2010) Arch Intern Med, 170, pp. 552-559

Keywords

antibiotic agent
antibiotic therapy
comorbidity
drug choice
drug use
health care policy
health care quality
health care system
health program
healthcare associated infection
hospital information system
hospital patient
hospital service
human
incidence
length of stay
Letter
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
nonhuman
prescription
program development
quality control procedures
cross infection
disease transmission
drug utilization
hand disinfection
infection control
prevention and control
procedures
Cross Infection
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Drug Utilization
Hand Disinfection
Humans
Infection Control

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