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Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control practices in long-term care facilities—Pennsylvania, 2017

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha Open the ORCID record for Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha [Opens in a new window] ,
Sameh W. Boktor Open the ORCID record for Sameh W. Boktor [Opens in a new window] ,
Arlene Seid ,
Allen R Kunselman  and
Jennifer H. Han
Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha*
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Sameh W. Boktor
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Arlene Seid
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Allen R Kunselman
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Jennifer H. Han
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Author for correspondence: Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Email: nmikanatha@pa.gov
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Abstract

In 2017, we surveyed long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania regarding antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. Among 244 responding facilities, 93% had IPC programs and 47% had antimicrobial stewardship programs. There was significant variation in practices across facilities, and a number of program implementation challenges were identified.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , June 2019 , pp. 713 - 716
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Preliminary results of this study were presented at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) on August 28, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia

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