Surveillance definitions of infections in long-term care facilities: Revisiting the McGeer criteria

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 965-977

  Stone, Nimalie D ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad S ^b   Calder, Jennifer ^c   Crnich, Christopher J ^d   Crossley, Kent ^e   Drinka, Paul J ^f   Gould, Carolyn V ^a   Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^g   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^h   Loeb, Mark ⁱ   Maccannell, Taranisia ^a   Malani, Preeti N ^j,k   Mody, Lona ^j,k   Mylotte, Joseph M ^l   Nicolle, Lindsay E ^m   Roghmann, Mary Claire ⁿ   Schweon, Steven J ^o   Simor, Andrew E ^p   Smith, Philip W ^q   Stevenson, Kurt B ^r   Bradley, Suzanne F ^j,k   more..

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

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; MCGEER CRITERIA; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG-TERM CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84866171182     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/667743     Document Type: Review

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