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What US hospitals are currently doing to prevent common device-associated infections: results from a national survey

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  • Sanjay Saint Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Todd Greene Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen E Fowler Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David Ratz Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Payal K Patel Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jennifer Meddings Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sarah L Krein Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Sanjay Saint, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; saint{at}med.umich.edu
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Saint S, Greene MT, Fowler KE, et al
What US hospitals are currently doing to prevent common device-associated infections: results from a national survey
BMJ Quality & Safety 2019;28:741-749.

Publication history

  • Received November 19, 2018
  • Revised March 18, 2019
  • Accepted March 27, 2019
  • First published April 23, 2019.
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August 19, 2019

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