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Product Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William M. Valenti  and
Loreen A. Herwaldt
William M. Valenti
Affiliation:
Community Health Network, Rochester, New York
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
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Abstract

As healthcare budgets shrink, infection control personnel must become more involved in the process by which their institutions choose products and equipment. This article suggests an approach that individuals or programs can use to assess products in a consistent and thorough manner

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 18 , Issue 10 , October 1997 , pp. 722 - 727
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1997

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