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A Rapid-Cycle Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Compliance with Infection Control Precautions in a Pediatric Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Pui-Ying Iroh Tarn ,
Amy Bettano ,
Zoon Wangu ,
Dale Ford  and
Carol Sulis
Pui-Ying Iroh Tarn*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Amy Bettano
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
Zoon Wangu
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Dale Ford
Affiliation:
Infection Control Department, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Carol Sulis
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Epidemiology Unit, Dowling 3N, Boston Medical Center, 818 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118 (carol.sulis@bmc.org)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , February 2013 , pp. 213 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2013 

Footnotes

a.

Present affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

b.

Present affiliation: Epidemiology Consult Division, United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Dayton, Ohio

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