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Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence, sponsored by the American Hospital Association Quality Center, features field-tested practices and proven strategies to advance hospital leaders’ ongoing efforts to achieve performance excellence — care that meets the IOM aims (safe, timely, efficiency, effectiveness, equity, and patient-centered). Available for free download from the site: a full-text guide of case studies focused on four key topics (healthcare-aquired infection, patient flow, medication management, safety); resources; and more case studies on additional topics.

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The Health Protection Agency's role is to provide an integrated approach to protecting UK public health. The Healthcare-Associated Infections portion of their website provides resources, publications, links, and other information.

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This 2009 guideline updates and expands the original Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) published in 1981.

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This website provides access to the primary guidelines and recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections.

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