TY - JOUR
T1 - Infection control in the intensive care unit
T2 - Progress and challenges in systems and accountability
AU - Patterson, Jan E.
AU - Malani, Preeti N.
AU - Maragakis, Lisa L.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Patterson disclosed that her spouse received grant support from Basilea, Merck, Pfizer, and Schering-Plough and is a consultant for Merck, Pfizer, and Basilea. The remaining authors did not disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - Attention to the improvement of safety in healthcare lately has focused on healthcare-associated infections, including many that occur in the intensive care unit, such as catheter-related bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias. Great strides have been made in decreasing the rates of intensive care unit hospital-acquired infections in the past decade. This is attributable to a number of factors, including standardization of care, technological advances, provider payment reform, and consumer activism. Teamwork and communication remain the most important facets in patient safety. The papers in this supplement examine the roles of human factors and process engineering, survey a spectrum of infection control and safety challenges encountered by critical care practitioners, and assess the future challenges for continued improvement in our systems of care.
AB - Attention to the improvement of safety in healthcare lately has focused on healthcare-associated infections, including many that occur in the intensive care unit, such as catheter-related bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonias. Great strides have been made in decreasing the rates of intensive care unit hospital-acquired infections in the past decade. This is attributable to a number of factors, including standardization of care, technological advances, provider payment reform, and consumer activism. Teamwork and communication remain the most important facets in patient safety. The papers in this supplement examine the roles of human factors and process engineering, survey a spectrum of infection control and safety challenges encountered by critical care practitioners, and assess the future challenges for continued improvement in our systems of care.
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U2 - 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e69d48
DO - 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e69d48
M3 - Article
C2 - 20647783
AN - SCOPUS:77954899222
SN - 0090-3493
VL - 38
SP - S265-S268
JO - Critical care medicine
JF - Critical care medicine
IS - 8 SUPPL.
ER -