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Author(s) -
Lachenbruch P. A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt1979255part2724
Subject(s) - infection control , control (management) , medicine , medical record , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , computer science , surgery , artificial intelligence
One goal of the Study on the Effectiveness of Nosocomial Infection Control (SENIC) is to determine which components of infection surveillance and control programs are effective in reducing nosocomial infections. In designing SENIC, it was found impossible to conduct a prospective study for several reasons. First, the ethical question of withholding a beneficial procedure arose. Second, since surveillance procedures are part of infection control programs, the act of observing procedures constituted part of an infection control program. Therefore, it was decided instead to survey medical records from a sampie of United States hospitals.