INFECTION CONTROL: A DECADE OF LESSONS LEARNED

摘要

Ten years ago, Colorado State University created a rather unique faculty position to meet a perceived need at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital: a faculty position whose clinical appointment was dedicated to oversight of infection control in the hospital, a director of 'biosecurity.' The stimulus for creating this position was primarily the result of an outbreak of nosocomial Salmonella infections that occurred in the large animal hospital in 1996 which resulted in widespread contamination of the facility.