Discussions in Infection Control

An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.

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Infection Rates and the Evaluations of Interventions: A Common ‘Post Hoc Fallacy’?

Oct 24, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

This article provides a reply to a Wall Street Journal article entitled: “Medicare Shift Fails to Cut Hospital Infections” and posted October 10, 2012. It provides some tools to use when…

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