MEDICINE: Broad Approach, Including Computer System, to Improve Hospital Hygiene

Audio Journal of Medicine, September 21st, 2007 Reporting from: 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), Chicago, 2007 Broad Approach, Including Computer System, to Improve Hospital Hygiene YEHUDA CARMELI, Tel-Aviv Medical Center REFERENCE: Abstract K-1373/ICAAC Congress 2007 Chicago 16-20 September Hospitals can prevent significant numbers of infections by taking up a multi-faceted approach, including the use of a computer program to guide the isolation of patients. Derek Thorne spoke to Yehuda Carmeli of the Tel-Aviv Medical Center about his hospital’s experience.