Survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in Australian residential aged-care facilities

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 576-580

  Stuart, R L ^a,b   Marshall, C ^c,d   Orr, E ^a   Bennett, N ^e   Athan, E ^f,g   Friedman, D ^f,g   Reilly, M ^h   Looke, David ⁱ   Ferguson, John ⁱ   Forrest, Judy ⁱ   Chen, Luke ⁱ   Callard, Michelle ⁱ   Richards, Mike ⁱ   Schousboe, Mona ⁱ   Berenger, Sandy ⁱ   Pye, Daryl ⁱ   Smith, Mary ⁱ   Wishart, Michael ⁱ   Buising, Kirsty ⁱ  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e VICNISS Coordinating Centre   (Australia)

^f BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h Hands On Infection Control   (Australia)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic stewardship; Infection control; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLEANING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; VACCINATION; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; VACCINATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84928987987     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12740     Document Type: Article

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