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Implementation Science: How to Jump-Start Infection Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sanjay Saint ,
Joel D. Howell  and
Sarah L. Krein
Sanjay Saint*
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joel D. Howell
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sarah L. Krein
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Veterans Affairs/University of Michigan Patient Safety Enhancement Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
*
Room 7E08, 300 N Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0429 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Implementing evidence-based infection prevention practices is challenging. Implementation science, which is the study of methods promoting the uptake of evidence into practice, addresses the gap between theory and practice. Just as healthcare epidemiology has emerged as a paradigm for patient safety, infection prevention may serve as a clinical model for implementation researchers.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S14 - S17
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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