Nosocomial infections are also known as hospital-acquired/associated infections. National
Healthcare Safety Network along with Centers for Disease Control for surveillance has …

Nursing homes (NHs) provide health care to people who are unable to manage
independently in the community, in 2 different circumstances: for chronic care management …

Many nursing home design models can have a negative impact on older people and these
flaws have been compounded by Coronavirus Disease 2019 and related infection control …

We aimed to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with anti-severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) positivity in a large population of adult …

Objective To describe the association between nursing home staff turnover and the
presence and scope of infection control citations. Data Sources Secondary data for all US …

Objectives The objectives of this study were to (1) obtain a national perspective of the
current state of nursing home (NH) infection prevention and control (IPC) programs and (2) …

Healthcare-associated infections, while preventable, result in increased morbidity and
mortality in nursing home (NH) residents. Frontline personnel, such as certified nursing …

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule required that
nursing homes (NHs) develop an infection control program that includes an antibiotic …

Background Delivery of health care in the United States is undergoing profound logistic
changes, with a progressive shift of the burden of care from acute care facilities to …

Background: Independent noninstitutional and institutional residential long-term care
environments for older persons have been the subject of significant empirical and qualitative …