Urgent: Stop Preventable Infections Now

Allan J Collins; Alan S Kliger

doi:10.2215/CJN.10790917

Urgent: Stop Preventable Infections Now

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Apr 6;13(4):663-665. doi: 10.2215/CJN.10790917. Epub 2018 Mar 22.

Authors

Allan J Collins^{1

2}, Alan S Kliger³

Affiliations

¹ Chronic Disease Research Group, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and.
³ Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteremia; Cardiovascular Diseases; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Communicable Diseases; Cross Infection; Nephrologists; hemodialysis; hospitalization; infections; nephrology; patient safety; renal dialysis.

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / mortality*
Clostridioides difficile
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Hospitalization / trends
Humans
Infection Control
Infections / etiology
Infections / mortality*
Influenza, Human / epidemiology
Influenza, Human / prevention & control
Medicare / statistics & numerical data
Mortality / trends
Renal Dialysis / adverse effects*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / therapy
Sepsis / epidemiology
Time Factors
United States / epidemiology