To examine processes and programmatic elements of infection prevention and control (IPC)
efforts and identify themes and promising approaches in nursing homes (NHs), an …

BACKGROUND: The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is the largest single provider of
long-term care in the United States. The prevalence of nursing home-associated infections …

ward dj (2012) Journal of Nursing Management 20, 648–658 Attitudes towards the Infection
Prevention and Control Nurse: an interview study Aim A study was undertaken involving …

Background Infection is a leading cause of hospitalization among home healthcare patients.
Nurses play an important role in reducing infection among home healthcare patients by …

A nationwide survey was performed using a two-round web-based Delphi procedure to
develop a set of consensus guidelines for preventing infections among residents in 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: Little is known about factors contributing to nursing home-associated
infections (NHAIs). We conducted a survey of residents in 133 Department of Veterans …

Background: The continuous education of healthcare workers (HCW) is considered as one
of the key components of infection control programs. Since nurses are the frontline …

Background The purpose of this study was to assess effectiveness of an interactive
educational program in increasing knowledge of key infection prevention and control (IPC) …

Background Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices have been established in
home health care. Adherence to IPC practices has been suboptimal with limited available …