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Infection Prevention Research in Europe: Recent Advances and Future Priorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Stephan Harbarth  and
Didier Pittet
Stephan Harbarth*
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
Didier Pittet
Affiliation:
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
*
Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals, and Faculty of Medicine, 4 rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland (stephan.harbarth@hcuge.ch)
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Abstract

During the past 2 decades, Europe has made substantial progress in the prevention and control of hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistance (eg, through multicenter trials, international surveillance networks, and hand hygiene initiatives). This short overview highlights recent advances and future priorities in infection prevention research, including methodological challenges to be addressed.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S11 - S13
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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