The burden of infectious gastroenteritis in elderly residents and staff of long-term care facilities, Australia.
We estimated the incidence of gastroenteritis in 16 Australian long-term care facilities. During 12 months' surveillance, 245 (96%) of 254 episodes of gastroenteritis among long-term care residents were associated with 17 outbreaks in 11 facilities. Incidence in long-term care residents was 0.64 episodes per 1,000 bed-days (95% confidence interval, 0.29-1.42).
Kirk
M D
MD
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. martyn.kirk@anu.edu.au
Moffatt
C R M
CR
Hall
G V
GV
Becker
N
N
Booy
R
R
Heron
L
L
MacIntyre
R
R
Dwyer
D E
DE
Lindley
R
R
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods