Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals

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Authors

Shelley S. Magill · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Erin O’Leary · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Sarah J. Janelle · Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Deborah Thompson · New Mexico Department of Health

Ghinwa Dumyati · University of Rochester Medical Center

Joelle Nadle · Ibis Reproductive Health

Lucy Wilson

Abstract

The prevalence of health care-associated infections was lower in 2015 than in 2011. To continue to make progress in the prevention of such infections, prevention strategies against C. difficile infection and pneumonia should be augmented. (Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.).

Topics & Keywords

Infection Control in Healthcare Nosocomial Infections in ICU Antibiotic Use and Resistance

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 379, Issue 18, pp. 1732-1744

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1801550

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