Health Care–Associated Infection Outbreak Investigations in Outpatient Settings, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2000−2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  OYong, Kelsey ; Coelho, Laura ; Bancroft, Elizabeth ; Terashita, Dawn
• Description:
  Health care services are increasingly delivered in outpatient settings. However, infection control oversight in outpatient settings to ensure patient safety has not improved and literature quantifying reported health care-associated infection outbreaks in outpatient settings is scarce. The objective of this analysis was to characterize investigations of suspected and confirmed outbreaks in outpatient settings in Los Angeles County, California, USA, reported during 2000-2012, by using internal logs; publications; records; and correspondence of outbreak investigations by characteristics of the setting, number, and type of infection control breaches found during investigations, outcomes of cases, and public health responses. Twenty-eight investigations met the inclusion criteria. Investigations occurred frequently, in diverse settings, and required substantial public health resources. Most outpatient settings investigated had >1 infection control breach. Lapses in infection control were suspected to be the outbreak source for 16 of the reviewed investigations.
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Care Facilities Community Health Services Cross Infection/ Disease Outbreaks Humans Infection Control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-To-Professional Synopsis
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(8):1317-1321.
• Pubmed ID:
  26196293
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4517738
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Los Angeles, CA
• Location:
  North America County, CA
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f95e17cf49b138c74d04707642aa2cec778efe3a2e53fd6c18634297517f2409
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32650/cdc_32650_DS1.pdf
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