Infection surveillance definitions for long-term care facilities (ie, the McGeer Criteria) have
not been updated since 1991. An expert consensus panel modified these definitions on the …

Background Since 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
published 2 articles in which nosocomial infection and criteria for specific types of …

Background: infectious outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) tend to have a
significant impact on infection rates and mortality rates of the residents. Objectives: this …

17152126229 facilities are needed if the quality of resident care and the cost-effectiveness
of infection control programs are to be optimized. It is also clear that the standard definitions …

We undertook a prospective surveillance study in order to determine the incidence of
healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) in German nursing home residents. All people …

Outbreaks of enteric illness in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) were reviewed to identify
preventative recommendations. Systematic review methodology identified outbreak reports …

Available data, although fragmentary, indicate that infections impose a large burden on long-
term–care facilities (LTCFs) in the United States. Endemic infections occur with frequencies …

Infections are common in long-term care facilities. The most frequent endemic infections are
urinary infection, respiratory infection, and skin and soft tissue infections. Outbreaks also …

Abstract The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has developed a new set of definitions for
surveillance of nosocomial infections. The new definitions combine specific clinical findings …

Objective To describe the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in
hospitals participating in the German national nosocomial infections surveillance system …