Nursing home infection control should target environments outside resident rooms

According to the study, nursing homes in the United States report approximately 2 million infections each year. According to Pineles and colleagues, 36% of the observation hours were spent in the lounge/ TV room and 33.4% in the dining hall. The contribution of this contact, however, to the spread o...

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Published in:Infectious Disease News 2019-07, Vol.32 (7), p.9-9
Main Authors: Ghizzone, Marley, Gaffin, Neil
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disease control
Infections
Infectious diseases
Long term health care
Nursing homes
Physical therapy
Researchers
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Summary:According to the study, nursing homes in the United States report approximately 2 million infections each year. According to Pineles and colleagues, 36% of the observation hours were spent in the lounge/ TV room and 33.4% in the dining hall. The contribution of this contact, however, to the spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens and Clostridioides difficile is unclear. [...]more data are available, it seems logical that at the very least, facilities have a basic policy on hand hygiene and environmental disinfection that includes these locations and makes available alcohol-based hand sanitizers. -
ISSN:1056-9251