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Critical Gaps in Knowledge of the Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Healthcare-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David K. Henderson  and
Tara N. Palmore
David K. Henderson*
Affiliation:
Office of the Director, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Tara N. Palmore
Affiliation:
Office of the Director, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Clinical Center, Building 10, Room 6-1480, 10 Center Drive MSC 1504, Bethesda, MD 20892-1504 (dkh@nih.gov)
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Abstract

The past decade has witnessed an intense interest in healthcare-associated infections as well as increases in legislation and reporting requirements aimed at decreasing the number of these costly infections. In the next decade, healthcare epidemiology must address major gaps in understanding of the epidemiology and pathogenesis of healthcare-associated infections and in knowledge of the efficacy of interventions for healthcare-associated infections and the efficacy in implementing such interventions.

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Supplement Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S4 - S6
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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