Infections among patients in nursing homes: policies, prevalence, problems

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1981
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We performed one-day surveys in seven skilled-care nursing homes in order to evaluate their infection-control policies and to determine the prevalence of infections among their residents. Infection-control programs were not well developed at any of the home surveyed. We noted high patient-to-staff r …
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Authors Garibaldi RA;Brodine S;Matsumiya S;;
Journal The New England journal of medicine
Year 1981
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support u.s. gov't male aged P.H.S. quality of health care risk cross infection / epidemiology* utah cross infection / prevention & control disease outbreaks / epidemiology pmid:7266615 doi:10.1056/nejm198109243051304 r a garibaldi s brodine s matsumiya nursing homes / organization & administration* nursing homes / standards

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