Practice Guideline for Evaluation of Fever and Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities.

Autor: Bentley, David W., Bradley, Suzanne, High, Kevin, Schoenbaum, Stephen, Taler, George, Yoshikawa, Thomas T.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 9/1/2000, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p640, 14p
Abstrakt: Presents practice guidelines for the evaluation of fever and infection in long-term care facilities (LTCF). Rationale for guidelines; Epidemiology and characteristics of infection in LTCF; Clinical manifestations of infection in LTCF residents; Initial steps to be initiated in recognizing a disease outbreak; Factors to consider in transferring LTCF residents to an acute-care facility.
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