Drug resistant organisms and their implications for the outpatient dialysis setting.
Ever since antibiotics have been used to combat infection, resistance to them has also developed. The elderly and immunosuppressed populations found in today's dialysis facility comprise a group at risk for acquiring infection caused by drug resistant organisms. By utilizing antibiotics prudently and developing infection control strategies based on the disease/organism epidemiology, mode of transmission and individualized needs of the patient as well as the care setting, the proliferation of drug resistant organisms may be curtailed.
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Renal Treatment Centers, Inc., Berwyn, Penn., USA.
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D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D010045:Outpatients; D006435:Renal Dialysis