Infection prevention and control core practices: A roadmap for nursing practice.

Ruth M Carrico Hudson Garrett Dawn Balcom Janet Burton Glowicz

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Ruth M. Carrico is an associate professor and family NP at the University of Louisville Global Health Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky. Hudson Garrett is a family NP and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Louisville Global Health Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky. Dawn Balcom is a family NP and clinical lead in the Global Health Program at the University of Louisville Global Health Center, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky. Janet Burton Glowicz is a health research analyst at the CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Prevention and Response Branch, and a contractor at Northrop Grumman Corporation, Atlanta, Ga.

Published: March 2019

The CDC continues to stress the urgent issue of increasing microbial resistance. The organization recently joined forces with the American Nurses Association to bring awareness to this issue through an approach that prevents inappropriate antibiotic use and stresses infection prevention.

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