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

• Main Authors: Patricia W. Stone PhD, RN (Author), Carolyn T. A. Herzig PhD, MS (Author), Mansi Agarwal PhD, MPH (Author), Monika Pogorzelska-Maziarz PhD, MPH (Author), Andrew W. Dick PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...