Abstract
Definitions for hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections have been developed and published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1 CDC definitions of nosocomial infections, Appendix A. in: APIC Infection control and applied epidemiology: principles and practice. Mosby, St Louis1996: A1-A20 Google Scholar These definitions have been widely accepted as standard definitions for hospital infection control programs. Definitions for infection surveillance in long-term care have also been developed and published. 2 McGeer A Campbell B Emori TG et al. Definitions of infection in long-term care facilities. AJIC Am J Infect Control. 1991; 19: 1-7 Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (389) Google Scholar These definitions have been adopted or adapted for use by many long-term care facilities. These two sets of infection definitions for surveillance served as resources for this document. These home care definitions are in- tended for adult patients.
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