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Review
. 2019 Jan 25:8:F1000 Faculty Rev-106.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.15891.1. eCollection 2019.

Recent advances in understanding the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections

Pranavi Sreeramoju  1
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Review

Recent advances in understanding the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections

Pranavi Sreeramoju. F1000Res. .

Abstract

Since the 2014 publication of updates to the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) compendium of strategies to reduce healthcare-associated infections, there have been several advances in understanding the epidemiology of these diseases. This review article captures many of the key advances but does not include all of them.

Keywords: healthcare-associated infections; infection prevention; updates in literature.

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