Nursing homes can prevent infections through performance improvement collaboratives

(Elsevier) A new assessment, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), reviewed the benefits and challenges of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)'s Safety Program for Long-Term Care, a national preventive program that was implemented from 2013 to 2016 and aimed at reducing CAUTI across U.S. nursing homes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news