Should states rely on administrative data alone when publicly reporting health care-associated infections?

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Shannon Oriola. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Apr.

. 2007 Apr;35(3):144.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2006.11.002.

¹ Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. Shannon.Oriola@sharp.com

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Ensuring rational public reporting systems for health care-associated infections: systematic literature review and evaluation recommendations.
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Comparisons of health care-associated infections identification using two mechanisms for public reporting.
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