One Health in hospitals: how understanding the dynamics of people, animals, and the hospital built-environment can be used to better inform interventions for antimicrobial-resistant gram-positive infections

One Health in hospitals: how understanding the dynamics of people, animals, and the hospital built-environment can be used to better inform interventions for antimicrobial-resistant gram-positive infections

Abstract Despite improvements in hospital infection prevention and control, healthcare associated infections (HAIs) remain a challenge with significant patient morbidity, mortality, and cost for the healthcare system. In this review, we use a One Health framework (human, animal, and environmental he...

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Main Authors: Kathryn R. Dalton, Clare Rock, Karen C. Carroll, Meghan F. Davis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Infection prevention
Infection control
Hospital-associated infections
Hospital environment
HAI interventions
One Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-020-00737-2

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