Information specific to Long Term Care Facilities

• Steps to Prevent Infection in nursing home patients.
• Fact Sheet - 12 Steps to Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance in LTCs
• FAQs   - regarding Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in LTCs
• Infection Control Guidlelines for LTC Facilites

 

      Burden of Infections Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents(from the CDC )

 

* wound infections, respiratory infections, urinary tract infections, or pneumonia

 

References:
1. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Long Term Care Minimum Data Set, Resident Profile Table as of 05/02/2005. Baltimore, MD.
2. Loeb, M et.al. Antibiotic use in Ontario facilities that provide chronic care. J Gen Intern Med 2001; 16: 376-383.
3. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Long Term Care Minimum Data Set, Resident Profile Table as of 05/02/2005. Baltimore, MD.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, 1999 National Nursing Home Survey. Nursing Home Residents, number, percent distribution, and rate per 10,000, by age at interview, according to sex, race, and region: United States, 1999.