The ORION statement: guidelines for transparent reporting of outbreak reports and intervention studies of nosocomial infection.

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The quality of research in hospital epidemiology (infection control) must be improved to be robust enough to influence policy and practice. In order to raise the standards of research and publication, a CONSORT equivalent for these largely quasi-experimental studies has been prepared by the authors of two relevant systematic reviews, following consultation with learned societies, editors of journals and researchers. It consists of a 22 item checklist, and a summary table. The emphasis is on t...

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Authors: Stone, S; Cooper, B; Kibbler, C; Cookson, B; Roberts, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 833-840
• Publication date: 2007-05-01
• DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm055
• EISSN: 1460-2091
• ISSN: 0305-7453
• Language: English
• Keywords: Disease Outbreaks; Disease Notification; Humans; Cross Infection; Guidelines as Topic; Infection Control