|Videos|October 1, 2017

Hospital Epidemiologists Should Continually Tailor Bundles to Ensure Effectiveness

Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD, explains why infection control bundles should evolve as the problems faced by hospital epidemiologists continue to change.

Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD, associate professor of clinical medicine at the Institute for Health and Society, Medical College of Wisconsin, and enterprise epidemiologist for Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, explains why infection control bundles should evolve as the problems faced by hospital epidemiologists continue to change. Dr. Munoz-Price stresses that hospital epidemiologists should tailor the bundles so that they can remain relevant and effective.


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