Time-Series Analysis of Health Care–Associated Infections in a New Hospital With All Private Rooms | Zendy

Emily G. McDonald | Zendy; Nandini Dendukuri | Zendy; Charles Frenette | Zendy; Todd C. Lee | Zendy

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Time-Series Analysis of Health Care–Associated Infections in a New Hospital With All Private Rooms

Author(s) -

Emily G. McDonald,

Nandini Dendukuri,

Charles Frenette,

Todd C. Lee

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14

H-Index - 342

eISSN - 2168-6114

pISSN - 2168-6106

DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2798

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , infection control , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , emergency medicine , colonization , health care , vancomycin , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , bacteria , economic growth , economics , biology

Health care-associated infections are often caused by multidrug-resistant organisms and substantially factor into hospital costs and avoidable iatrogenic harm. Although it is recommended that new facilities be built with single-room, low-acuity beds, this process is costly and evidence of reductions in health care-associated infections is weak.

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