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Infection Control in Long-Term-Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Lindsay E. Nicolle  and
Richard A. Garibaldi
Lindsay E. Nicolle*
Affiliation:
Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Richard A. Garibaldi
Affiliation:
John Dempsey Hospital and University of Connecticut, Fawnington, Connecticut
*
Health Sciences Centre, MS673-820 Sherbrook St., Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R9, Canada
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Abstract

Although patients in long-term-care facilities are at increased risk of infection, little is known about how to practice infection control in this setting. This article reviews risk factors for infection, the components of an infection control program, and particular infections that are important in long-term care facilities. In addition, special characteristics of long-term-care facilities that challenge the individuals charged with conducting effective infection control programs will be discussed.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , June 1995 , pp. 348 - 353
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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