Abstract
The prevalence of infection in Scottish care homes is currently unknown. The aim of this survey was to estimate the prevalence of infection within a small sample of care homes for older people and to develop and test a methodology for point prevalence surveys which would allow local care home staff to monitor infection in care homes for older people that employ trained nurses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 26-30 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Journal of Infection Prevention |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- HAIs
- care homes
- infection control
- older people