Survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in Australian residential aged-care facilities.
Intern Med J
; 45(5): 576-80, 2015 May.
Article
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| ID: mdl-25955463
ABSTRACT
This study assessed infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) practices in Australian residential aged-care facilities (RACF). Two hundred and sixty-five surveys (15.6%) were completed with all states represented and the majority (177 (67.3%)) privately run. Only 30.6% RACF had infection control trained staff on site. Few facilities had AMS policies, only 14% had antimicrobial prescribing restrictions. Most facilities offered vaccination to residents (influenza vaccination rates >75% in 73% of facilities), but pneumococcal vaccination was poor.
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Texto completo:
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Pneumocócica
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Instituições Residenciais
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Vacinação
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Controle de Infecções
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Fidelidade a Diretrizes
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Influenza Humana
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Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Intern Med J
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália