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Intramural and Extramural Communication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Loreen A. Herwaldt  and
Ludwig A. Lettau
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Affiliation:
Columbia Trident Regional Health System, Charleston, South Carolina
Ludwig A. Lettau
Affiliation:
Columbia Trident Regional Health System, Charleston, South Carolina
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Abstract

Effective communication with hospital administrators, with medical staff, with the media, and with peers in healthcare epidemiology is a vital skill for hospital epidemiologists. This article will describe a number of practical ways to improve such communication based on the author's experience, on inter views with senior SHEA members, and on relevant articles from the literature.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 5 , May 1997 , pp. 364 - 368
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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Further Reading

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