Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-22dnz Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-27T00:13:50.337Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Reply to Jones et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2015

Minn M. Soe ,
Carolyn V. Gould ,
Daniel Pollock  and
Jonathan Edwards
Minn M. Soe*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Carolyn V. Gould
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel Pollock
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Jonathan Edwards
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Address correspondence to Minn M. Soe, MBBS, MPH, MS A-24, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30333 (msoe@cdc.gov).
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Letters to the Editor
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 12 , December 2015 , pp. 1477 - 1478
Copyright
© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1. Jones, MM, Nelson, RE, Rubin, MA. Cumulative attributable difference: an infection metric that reflects a value system. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; doi:10.1017/ice.2015.231.Google Scholar
2. Soe, MM, Gould, CV, Pollock, D, Edwards, J. Targeted assessment for prevention of healthcare-associated infections: a new prioritization metric. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2015; doi:10.1017/ice.2015.201.Google Scholar
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) e-news: SIRs special edition. CDC website. http://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/Newsletters/NHSN_NL_OCT_2010SE_final.pdf. Updated December 10, 2010. Accessed September 12, 2015.Google Scholar
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vital signs: estimated effects of a coordinated approach for action to reduce antibiotic-resistant infections in health care facilities—United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2015;64:826–831; http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6430a4.htm?s_cid=mmmm6430a4_w. Accessed September 12, 2015.Google Scholar
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The five “W”s of the targeted assessment for prevention (TAP) strategy. CDC website. http://www.cdc.gov/hai/prevent/tap.html. Accessed September 12, 2015.Google Scholar