Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Add These UTI Resources To Your Infection Control Arsenal
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1. Phase III of the National Action Plan to Prevent Health Care-Associated Infections: Road Map to Elimination. The HHS report is available at www.hhs.gov/ash/initiatives/hai/actionplan/#Phase3:Long-TermCareFacilities
2. Successful Strategies for the Prevention of Urinary Tract Infections in Long-Term Care. This toolkit published by the Virginia Department of Health is available at www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/surveillance/hai/uti.htm.
3. Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults. This guideline is available at cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/40/5/643.full.pdf.
4. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Event for Long-term Care Facilities. This guideline can be read here: www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/LTC/LTCF-UTI-protocol_FINAL_8-24-2012.pdf.
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