Nosocomial Infections in Geriatric Long-Term-Care and Rehabilitation Facilities: Exploration in the Development of a Risk Index for Epidemiological Surveillance

Golliot, Franck; Astagneau, Pascal; Cassou, Bernard; Okra, Nicole; Rothan‐Tondeur, Monique; Brücker, Gilles

doi:10.1086/501865

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Nosocomial Infections in Geriatric Long-Term-Care and Rehabilitation Facilities: Exploration in the Development of a Risk Index for Epidemiological Surveillance

Published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology • Dec 1, 2001

Authors:

Franck Golliot

Pascal Astagneau

Bernard Cassou

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To compute a risk index for nosocomial infection (NI) surveillance in geriatric long-term-care facilities (LTCFs) and rehabilitation facilities. DESIGN: Analysis of data collected during the French national prevalence survey on NIs conducted in 1996. Risk indices were constructed based on...

Subject

Medicine

Rehabilitation

Epidemiology

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