Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.

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Health care-associated infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 1;47 Suppl 2:S55-99; quiz S100-1

Authors: Kollef MH, Napolitano LM, Solomkin JS, Wunderink RG, Bae IG, Fowler VG, Balk RA, Stevens DL, Rahal JJ, Shorr AF, Linden PK, Micek ST

During the Health Care-Associated Pneumonia Summit conducted in June 2007, it was found that there is a need for educational efforts in several areas of health care-associated infections (HAI) that extend beyond pneumonia. This supplement to Clinical Infectious Diseases represents the proceedings of the HAI Summit, a diverse panel of clinical investigators whose goal was to assess the quality of evidence regarding issues surrounding HAI and to discuss potential implications for its diagnosis and treatment in the future.

PMID: 18778223 [PubMed - in process]

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