Preventing healthcare-associated infection in Switzerland: Results of a national survey
Open Access
- 1 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 41 (5), 597-600
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.351
Abstract
We assessed infection prevention in Swiss hospitals via a national survey focusing on infection prevention practices prior to a large national infection prevention initiative. Of the 59 hospitals that responded (77%), 98% had infection prevention teams and 40% very good or excellent leadership support. However, a minority of hospitals used recommended infection prevention practices and surveillance systems regularly.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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