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Is the Use of Antimicrobial Devices to Prevent Infection Correlated across Different Healthcare-Associated Infections? Results from a National Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sanjay Saint ,
M. Todd Greene ,
Laura Damschroder  and
Sarah L. Krein
Sanjay Saint*
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/, University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
M. Todd Greene
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/, University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Laura Damschroder
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sarah L. Krein
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the Hospital Outcomes Program of Excellence, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/, University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
University of Michigan Medical School, 2800 Plymouth Road, Building 16, Room 433W, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800 (saint@med.umich.edu)
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Abstract

Antimicrobial devices are often used to prevent nosocomial infection, despite mixed evidence as to their efficacy. Using a national survey, we found that a hospital's use of an antimicrobial device to prevent one type of infection was associated with a higher likelihood that a similar device would be used to prevent a different infection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 8 , August 2013 , pp. 847 - 849
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013

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