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Check Out McGeer Criteria For Determining UTI

Looking for a little guidance on determining whether residents qualify as having UTI? Here you go:
 
Delmarva Foundation, the Maryland quality improvement organization, uses what's known as the McGeer definition for UTI to assist nursing home providers with their QI efforts in the area of infections. To obtain additional information on the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, go to
www.dfmc.org/index9.html.



Source: "Definitions of Infection for Surveillance in Long-Term Care Facilities," by Alison McGeer et al. Copyright 1996 by Annual Association of Professionals in Infection Control (APIC).

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