Nursing Home Infection Control Program Characteristics, CMS Citations, and Implementation of Antibiotic Stewardship Policies: A National Study

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule required that nursing homes (NHs) develop an infection control program that includes an antibiotic stewardship component and employs a trained infection preventionist (IP). The objectives of this study were to provide a base...

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Main Authors: Patricia W. Stone PhD, RN, Carolyn T. A. Herzig PhD, MS, Mansi Agarwal PhD, MPH, Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz PhD, MPH, Andrew W. Dick PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-05-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/0046958018778636