Does Infection Control Control Infections? Summary Congress Report

Correspondence: Richard P. Wenzel, MD, MSc Professor and Chair Department of Internal Medicine Medical College of Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia USA 1 State of the art lecture presented at the joint annual meeting of the Swiss Societies of Internal Medicine, Haematology and Infectious Diseases (Basel, April 15–17, 1999) Compelling data exist for the return on investment of infection control activities. Such information is important in the era of managed care where cost containment and accountability are mandated.