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Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of point prevalence studies.

Noleen Bennett | Stephanie K Tanamas | Rodney James | Courtney Ierano | Michael J Malloy | Eliza Watson | Janet K Sluggett | David Dunt | Karin Thursky | Leon J Worth
BMJ public health | 2024

Residents of long-term care facilities (LTCFs) are especially vulnerable to acquiring healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Our systematic review and meta-analysis estimated the burden of HAIs, identified the most frequent HAIs and explored the impact of facility-level and surveillance methodological differences on HAI burden in LTCFs, as determined by point prevalence studies (PPS).

Pubmed ID: 40018192

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