Journal article
Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.19(1), pp.41-74
01/1998
DOI: 10.1086/647706
PMID: 9475349
Abstract
This article discusses aspects of ambulatory care that increase the difficulty of practicing infection control in this setting or that require infection control staff to use different methods than they would use in the inpatient setting. The article reviews basic infection control precautions that apply to the outpatient setting in general and specific precautions that apply to dialysis centers and physical therapy programs. The article also describes outbreaks that have occurred in the outpatient setting, defines the deficiencies in infection control practice that caused the outbreaks, and discusses methods to prevent transmission of pathogens in the outpatient setting.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting
- Creators
- Loreen A HerwaldtShanon D SmithCheryl D Carter
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.19(1), pp.41-74
- DOI
- 10.1086/647706
- PMID
- 9475349
- ISSN
- 0899-823X
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1998
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094705902771
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