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Health-care-associated infections in hospitals : leadership needed from HHS to prioritize prevention practices and improve data on these infections : report to the Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office
- Series:
- Testimony ; GAO-08-283.
- Testimony ; GAO-08-283
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services--Rules and practice.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Nosocomial infections--United States.
- Nosocomial infections.
- Nosocomial infections--United States--Prevention.
- Infection Control--organization & administration.
- Cross Infection--prevention & control.
- Hospitals--standards.
- Nosocomial infections--Prevention.
- Medical Subjects:
- Infection Control--organization & administration.
- Cross Infection--prevention & control.
- Hospitals--standards.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Rules and practice.
- Rules.
- Physical Description:
- iii, 55 pages : digital, PDF file.
- Other Title:
- Leadership needed from HHS to prioritize prevention practices and improve data on these infections
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]
- Contents:
- Results in Brief
- Background
- CDC Has 13 Infection Control and Prevention Guidelines Containing Almost 1,200 Recommended Practices, but Activities across HHS to Promote Implementation Are Not Guided by Prioritization of Practices
- CMS's and Accrediting Organizations' Required Hospital Standards Describe Components of Infection Control Programs, and Compliance with These Standards Is Assessed through On-Site Surveys
- Multiple HHS Programs Collect Data on HAIs, but Lack of Integration of Available Data and Other Problems Limit Utility of the Data
- Conclusions
- Recommendations for Executive Action
- Comments from HHS and Accrediting Organizations and Our Evaluation
- Appendix I: Other CDC Activities Designed to Reduce or Prevent Health-Care-Associated Infections
- Appendix II: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Condition of Participation: Infection Control
- Appendix III: Comments from the Department of Health and Human Services
- Appendix IV: GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 29, 2009).
- "March 2008."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "GAO-08-283."
- OCLC:
- 320896030
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