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Infection Connection: Focusing on Long-Term Care
Infection Connection provides practical information and useful tools for infection preventionists in long-term care (LTC). Archived issues of this e-newsletter are available to all APIC members.
Please contact editor@apic.org to order article reprints.
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Infection Connection - Fall 2012
9/26/2012
Highlights:
- Revisiting McGeer definitions
- My Bugaboo: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing bacteria
- My Bugaboo: Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamases
- APIC’s comments to the HHS on the Draft Long-Term Care module of the National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections
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Infection Connection - Summer 2012
7/13/2012
Highlights:
- Where is it written? Infection prevention manuals for LTC
- My Bugaboo: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Continuing the Care: Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care
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Infection Connection - Fall 2011
11/1/2011
Highlights:
- The state of infection prevention in long-term care
- My Bugaboo: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
- Building a library of guideline resources
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Infection Connection - Summer 2011
7/1/2011
Highlights:
- The dirty mouth: Clean it and prevent infection in the long-term care resident
- My Bugaboo: Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
- Bonus tool: Infection prevention program checklist for LTC
- Success story: Mountainview Specialty Care Center of Greensburg, PA
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Infection Connection - Spring 2011
4/1/2011
Highlights:
- Don’t get stuck! Safe injection practices in LTC
- Bonuses:
- Sample patient consent blood test form
- Sample sharps injury log
- Quiz to test your knowledge
- Hepatitis B and C in LTC
- My Bugaboo: Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-producing organisms in the U.S.
