State focus on health care-associated infection prevention in nursing homes

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 360-365

  Cohen, Catherine C ^a   Herzig, Carolyn T A ^a,b   Carter, Eileen J ^a   Pogorzelska Maziarz, Monika ^a   Larson, Elaine L ^a,b   Stone, Patricia W ^a  

^a Columbia University School of Nursing ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Mandatory reporting; Public policy; Quality indicators; Quality report cards; Skilled nursing facility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSUMER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING HOME; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

LONG-TERM CARE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY REPORT CARDS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITY;

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897421072     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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