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Nursing Home Infection Prevention Practices
A major focus of the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority is to drive targeted research, education, and guidance efforts in infection control and prevention. Reports of inconsistencies in the implementation of evidence-based infection control best practices and the number of deficiency citations for infection control problems in nursing homes indicate the need to identify barriers to the integration of infection control practices in this setting.
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Impact of Implementation of Evidence-Based Best Practices on Nursing Home Infections
An Authority project to determine implementation of infection prevention best practices, and the effect on HAI rates, identified barriers in nursing homes with high HAI rates and recognized patterns of care that nursing homes could target for improvement.
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