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APIC Responds to Published Study on Surveillance for Public Reporting of Bloodstream Infection Rates
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has expressed concern over a recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled "Quality of Traditional Surveillance for Public Reporting of Nosocomial Bloodstream infection Rates," according to…
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In a letter to the Wall Street Journal written in response to comments from American Hospital Association President Richard Umbdenstock calling for providers to "work together to provide better coordinate care based on patient need," Thomas J. Friedrich, RN, from…
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