The voice of nurses in hospital epidemiology and infection control: An example from the 19th century

Romain Martischang; Alexandra Peters; Andrés Nicolás Reart; Didier Pittet

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.030

The voice of nurses in hospital epidemiology and infection control: An example from the 19th century

Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul:96:119-120. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.030. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Authors

Romain Martischang¹, Alexandra Peters¹, Andrés Nicolás Reart², Didier Pittet³

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
² Infectious Diseases Section, CEMIC University Hospital. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
³ Infection Control Programme and WHO Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: didier.pittet@hcuge.ch.

PMID: 32325274
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.030

No abstract available

Keywords: Cross-infection; Global health; Hand hygiene; Healthcare-associated infection; History of medicine; Hospital epidemiology; Infection prevention and control; Mobilization; Nurse; Nursing; Stakeholders; World Health Organization.

Publication types

Editorial