Infection Control in Pediatric Extended Care Facilities

Pediatric extended care facilities provide for the biopsychosocial needs of patients younger than 21 years of age who have sustained self‐care deficits. These facilities include long‐term and residential care facilities, chronic disease and specialty hospitals, and residential schools. Infection con...

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Published in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2006-06, Vol.27 (6), p.598-603
Main Author: Harris, Jo‐Ann S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult care services
Adults
Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
Burns
Child
Child health services
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance
Endemic Diseases
Humans
Infection control
Infection Control - methods
Infections
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nursing
Nursing homes
Pediatric intensive care units
Pediatrics
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Review Article
Skilled Nursing Facilities - statistics & numerical data
Surveillance
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Summary:Pediatric extended care facilities provide for the biopsychosocial needs of patients younger than 21 years of age who have sustained self‐care deficits. These facilities include long‐term and residential care facilities, chronic disease and specialty hospitals, and residential schools. Infection control policies and procedures developed for adult long‐term care facilities, primarily nursing homes for elderly people, are not applicable to long‐term care facilities that serve pediatric patients. This article reviews the characteristics of pediatric extended care facilities and their residents, and the epidemic and endemic nosocomial infections, infection control programs, and antimicrobial resistance profiles found in pediatric extended care facilities.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1086/504937