Stevens Michael P, Wright Sharon B, Kaye Keith S, Zuckerman Jerry M, Passaretti Catherine L, Martinello Richard A, Babcock Hilary M, Edmond Michael B, Snyder Graham M
Division of Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 9;2(1):e197. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.334. eCollection 2022.
Hospitals are increasingly consolidating into health systems. Some systems have appointed healthcare epidemiologists to lead system-level infection prevention programs. Ideal program infrastructure and support resources have not been described. We informally surveyed 7 healthcare epidemiologists with recent experience building and leading system-level infection prevention programs. Key facilitators and barriers for program structure and implementation are described.
医院正日益整合为医疗系统。一些医疗系统已任命医疗保健流行病学家来领导系统层面的感染预防项目。理想的项目基础设施和支持资源尚未得到描述。我们对7位近期有建立和领导系统层面感染预防项目经验的医疗保健流行病学家进行了非正式调查。文中描述了项目结构和实施的关键促进因素和障碍。