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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Feb;31(2):118–123. doi: 10.1086/650198

TABLE 2.

Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Committee Recommendations to Address the Increasing Problem of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

  1. Creation of a national research agenda to identify the most pressing problems in healthcare epidemiology.

  2. Creation of a national research consortium of experts in healthcare epidemiology and participating institutions to address the most pressing questions in healthcare epidemiology.

  3. Advocating for a substantial increase in funding for basic and applied research in healthcare epidemiology proportionate to the clinical significance of HAIs.