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The next three
slides describe the results of the landmark research, Study on the Efficacy
of Nosocomial Infection Control (SENIC) Project*. The research was conducted
in the late 1970s. Since then, hospital practices have changed
substantially. Bacteremia and pneumonia in modern day hospitals account for
much higher percentage of all hospital infections than in the later 1970s.
*Haley RW, Culver DH, White J, et al. The efficacy of infection surveillance
and control programs in preventing nosocomial infections in US hospitals.
Am J Epidemiol 1985;121:182-205.
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