Infection control in home care.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rhinehart, E.
• Description:
  Although home care has expanded in scope and intensity in the United States in the past decade, infection surveillance, prevention, and control efforts have lagged behind. Valid and reliable definitions and methods for surveillance are needed. Prevention and control efforts are largely based upon acute-care practices, many of which may be unnecessary, impractical, and expensive in a home setting. Infectious disease control principles should form the basis of training home- care providers to assess infection risk and develop prevention strategies.
• Subjects:
  Community-Acquired Infections Home Care Services Humans Infection Control Patient Care Population Surveillance
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(2):208-211.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:92dcbd4cf70f254b7436d053e782fce1561a39f091dd64a2fda3164453bb7deb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15088/cdc_15088_DS1.pdf
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