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Building Implementation Science for Veterans Affairs Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention: VA Healthcare-Associated Infection Prevention Network (VHIN)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2018

Julie A. Keating ,
Chidi Obasi ,
Linda McKinley ,
Jackson Musuuza ,
Mary Jo Knobloch ,
Christopher Crnich ,
Charlesnika T. Evans ,
Martin Evans ,
Daniel Livorsi  and
Daniel J. Morgan
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Julie A. Keating
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
Chidi Obasi
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Linda McKinley
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
Jackson Musuuza
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Mary Jo Knobloch
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Christopher Crnich
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Charlesnika T. Evans
Affiliation:
Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois Institute for Public Health and Medicine, Department of Preventative Medicine and Center for Health Care Studies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
Martin Evans
Affiliation:
Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Daniel Livorsi
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Daniel J. Morgan
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland
Eli Perencevich
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Heather Schacht Reisinger
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Marin L. Schweizer
Affiliation:
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Katie J. Suda
Affiliation:
Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy, Chicago, Illinois
Nasia Safdar*
Affiliation:
William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
*
Address correspondence to Nasia Safdar, MD PhD, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 5221 University of Wisconsin Medical Foundations Centennial Building, 1685 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705 (Ns2@medicine.wisc.edu).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 6 , June 2018 , pp. 753 - 757
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