title: Tackling infection in care homes.
abstract: Care home residents have a higher risk of contracting a healthcare-associated infection than the general population. This article describes a three-dimensional strategy that reduced MRSA colonisation among this group. This project won a Nursing Times/Health Service Journal Patient Safety Award in the primary care category in 2011.
authors.affiliation: Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust.
authors.forename: Jodie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Winfield
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wiley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control