To Keep Abreast of All Infections That Occur in the Hospital

question 13

Multiple Choice

To keep abreast of all infections that occur in the hospital, infection control practitioners set up surveillance programs. These surveillance programs look at this parameter to determine if there are more or fewer infections in a given period.

• A) Antimicrobial susceptibility reports
• B) Infection rates
• C) Handwashing rates
• D) Glove usage

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