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Healthcare Epidemiology: Past and Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Julie Louise Gerberding
Julie Louise Gerberding*
Affiliation:
Merck Vaccines, West Point, Pennsylvania
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Abstract

Healthcare epidemiology is a robust and adaptable profession with the noble mission of protecting patients and their healthcare providers from infectious diseases and other threats. Change is the constant that links the successes of our field in each decade of our history. Although it is not possible to predict what specific challenges the next decade will bring, the themes of the Sixth Decennial International Conference in 2020 are likely to reflect the most prominent drivers of change that are affecting our profession, including globalization, sustainability, and consumer empowerment.

Type
Supplement Article
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue S1: Papers from the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections , November 2010 , pp. S73 - S75
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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