Infection control: the case for horizontal rather than vertical interventional programs.

Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Canada NLM ID: 9610933 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-3511 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 12019712 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Infect Dis Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Hamilton, ON : Elsevier
Original Publication: Hamilton, ON : Decker, c1996-

Communicable Diseases/*diagnosis ; Cross Infection/*prevention & control ; Evidence-Based Medicine/*methods ; Infection Control/*methods ; Mass Screening/*methods ; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus/*isolation & purification ; Staphylococcal Infections/*diagnosis; Communicable Diseases/drug therapy ; Communicable Diseases/epidemiology ; Communicable Diseases/microbiology ; Cross Infection/drug therapy ; Cross Infection/epidemiology ; Cross Infection/microbiology ; Humans ; Infection Control/standards ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy ; Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology ; Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control

The authors define two types of infection control interventions: horizontal, in which all infections at any site are reduced; and vertical, in which only specific organisms are targeted. We suggest that horizontal programs should form the platform of all infection control programs and the key question should be, what is the incremental value of a new vertical program?
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Date Created: 20100921 Date Completed: 20110301 Latest Revision: 20101108

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