Keeping the "home" in nursing home: Implications for infection prevention

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 853-854

  Mody, Lona ^a,b   Bradley, Suzanne F ^a,b   Huang, Susan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION GROWTH; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878521786     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.330     Document Type: Short Survey

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