Is the use of antimicrobial devices to prevent infection correlated across different healthcare-associated infections? Results from a national survey.

Saint S, Greene MT, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Is the use of antimicrobial devices to prevent infection correlated across different healthcare-associated infections? Results from a national survey. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2013 Aug 1; 34(8):847-9.

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Antimicrobial devices are often used to prevent nosocomial infection, despite mixed evidence as to their efficacy. Using a national survey, we found that a hospital's use of an antimicrobial device to prevent one type of infection was associated with a higher likelihood that a similar device would be used to prevent a different infection.