‘Clean Care is Safer Care’: the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005–2006 | Zendy

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‘Clean Care is Safer Care’: the Global Patient Safety Challenge 2005–2006

Author(s) -

Didier Pittet,

Benedetta Allegranzi,

Julie Storr,

Liam Donaldson

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.06.001

Subject(s) - health care , patient safety , safer , sanitation , medicine , psychological intervention , global health , hygiene , medical emergency , business , nursing , public health , economic growth , computer security , pathology , computer science , economics

Each year the treatment and care of hundreds of millions of patients worldwide is complicated by infections acquired during healthcare. The impact of healthcare-associated infection may imply prolonged stays in hospital, long-term disability, massive additional financial burden, and deaths.

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