AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 246-254, June 2004

The use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in infection control and hospital epidemiology☆

  • Stephen Bent, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Stephen Bent, MD, General Internal Medicine Section, San Francisco VAMC, 111-A1, 4150 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121.
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  • Kaveh G Shojania, MD

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  • Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH

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From the Department of Medicine, University of California-San Franciscoa; the San Francisco VA Medical Centerb; the Ann Arbor VA Medical Centerc; the Patient Safety Enhancement Program, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center and the University of Michigan Health Systemd; and the University of Michigan Medical School.e USA

San Francisco, California, and Ann Arbor, Michigan

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☆ Dr Bent is supported by a Career Development Award from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (1 K08 AT01338-01). Dr Saint is supported by a Career Development Award from the Health Services Research & Development Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and a Patient Safety Developmental Center Grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (P20-HS11540). Dr Saint has received research support and/or honoraria from Aetna, Aventis, and C. R. Bard and serves as a consultant to Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, and VeriTech.

PII: S0196-6553(03)00814-9

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2003.10.004

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 246-254, June 2004

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