Infection control in long-term care facilities: The need for engagement: Letters to the editor

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-570

  Flinn, Denise R ^a   Malani, Preeti N ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ELDERLY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 61449083764     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02160.x     Document Type: Letter

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