Influence of staff infection control training on infection-related quality measures in US nursing homes

Jasjit Kaur; Patricia W. Stone; Jasmine L. Travers; Catherine C. Cohen; Carolyn T.A. Herzig

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.285

Influence of staff infection control training on infection-related quality measures in US nursing homes

Jasjit Kaur, Patricia W. Stone, Jasmine L. Travers, Catherine C. Cohen, Carolyn T.A. Herzig

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Abstract

Health care-associated infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in US nursing home residents. Ongoing training of nursing home staff is vital to the implementation of infection prevention and control processes. Our aim was to describe associations between methods, frequency, and timing of staff infection prevention and control training and infection-related quality measures. In this national survey of nursing homes, timing of staff infection prevention and control training was associated with reduced indwelling urinary catheter use.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1035-1040
Number of pages	6
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	45
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.04.285
State	Published - Sep 1 2017

Keywords

Infection prevention
Long-term care
Staff training

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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