Nursing home-associated infections in Department of Veterans Affairs community living centers

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Tsan, Linda ^a   Langberg, Robert ^a   Davis, Chester ^a   Phillips, Yancy ^a   Pierce, John ^a   Hojlo, Christa ^a   Gibert, Cynthia ^b   Gaynes, Robert ^c   Montgomery, Ona ^d   Bradley, Suzanne ^e   Danko, Linda ^a,d   Roselle, Gary ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing home associated infection; point prevalence survey; VA community living center

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BED; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ASSOCIATED INFECTION; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; SKIN INFECTION; STOMACH TUBE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VETERAN; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 77955453507     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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