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Review

Infection Prevention and Control

Anna L. Costa  1 , Gaetano Pierpaolo Privitera  2 , Giorgio Tulli  3 , Giulio Toccafondi  4
Liam Donaldson  1 , Walter Ricciardi  2 , Susan Sheridan  3 , Riccardo Tartaglia  4
, editors.
In: Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2021. Chapter 9.
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Review

Infection Prevention and Control

Anna L. Costa et al.

Excerpt

Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are adverse events exposing patients to a potentially avoidable risk of morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly contributing to the burden of HAIs and emerging as of the most alarming challenges for public health worldwide. Practically, harm mitigation and risk containment demand cross-sectional initiatives incorporate both approaches to infection prevention and control and methodologies from clinical risk management.

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