Feasibility of national surveillance of health-care-associated infections in home-care settings.
This article examines the rationale and strategies for surveillance of health-care-associated infections in home-care settings, the challenges of nonhospital-based surveillance, and the feasibility of developing a national surveillance system.
Manangan
Lilia P
LP
Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Pearson
Michele L
ML
Tokars
Jerome I
JI
Miller
Elaine
E
Jarvis
William R
WR
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology