Team approach to infection prevention and control in the nursing home setting

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-70

  Ahlbrecht, Helen ^a   Shearen, Candi ^b   Degelau, John ^b   Quay, David R P ^b  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEAMWORK; TETANUS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0032993965     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-6553(99)70078-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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