Performance Improvement in the Long-Term-Care Setting: Building on the Foundation of Infection Control

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Stevenson, Kurt B ^a,b   Loeb, Mark ^c  

^a QUALIS HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM CARE FACILITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942287833     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502296     Document Type: Review

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