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Documentation of acute change in mental status in nursing homes highlights opportunity to augment infection surveillance criteria
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7 2020
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Source: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 41(7):848-850
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Alternative Title:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
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Description:Acute change in mental status (ACMS), defined by the Confusion Assessment Method, is used to identify infections in nursing home residents. A medical record review revealed that none of 15,276 residents had an ACMS documented. Using the revised McGeer criteria with a possible ACMS definition, we identified 296 residents and 21 additional infections. The use of a possible ACMS definition should be considered for retrospective nursing home infection surveillance.
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Pubmed ID:32340639
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8668157
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Volume:41
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Issue:7
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