Health Care-Associated Infection Outbreak Investigations in Outpatient Settings, Los Angeles County, California, USA, 2000-2012.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 21(8): 1317-21, 2015 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-26196293
ABSTRACT
Health care services are increasingly delivered in outpatient settings. However, infection control oversight in outpatient settings to ensure patient safety has not improved and literature quantifying reported health care-associated infection outbreaks in outpatient settings is scarce. The objective of this analysis was to characterize investigations of suspected and confirmed outbreaks in outpatient settings in Los Angeles County, California, USA, reported during 2000-2012, by using internal logs; publications; records; and correspondence of outbreak investigations by characteristics of the setting, number, and type of infection control breaches found during investigations, outcomes of cases, and public health responses. Twenty-eight investigations met the inclusion criteria. Investigations occurred frequently, in diverse settings, and required substantial public health resources. Most outpatient settings investigated had >1 infection control breach. Lapses in infection control were suspected to be the outbreak source for 16 of the reviewed investigations.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecção Hospitalar
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Surtos de Doenças
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Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional
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Serviços de Saúde Comunitária
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Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article