Conceptual model for reducing infections and antimicrobial resistance in skilled nursing facilities: Focusing on residents with indwelling devices

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 654-661

  Mody, Lona ^a,d   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a,b,d   Galecki, Andrzej ^a,h   Olmsted, Russell N ^c,e,g   Fitzgerald, James T ^c,d   Kauffman, Carol A ^b,f   Saint, Sanjay ^c,e   Krein, Sarah L ^c,e  

^a Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INDWELLING DEVICE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 79951844895     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciq205     Document Type: Article

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