Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria
Stone ND, Ashraf MS, Calder J, Crnich CJ, Crossley K, Drinka PJ, Gould CV, Juthani-Mehta M, Lautenbach E, Loeb M, MacCannell T, Malani PN, Mody L, Mylotte JM, Nicolle LE, Roghmann MC, Schweon SJ, Simor AE, Smith PW, Stevenson KB, Bradley SF. Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities: Revisiting the McGeer Criteria. Infection Control And Hospital Epidemiology 2012, 33: 965-977. PMID: 22961014, PMCID: PMC3538836, DOI: 10.1086/667743.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term care facilitiesSurveillance definitionsCare facilitiesClostridum difficile infectionRespiratory tract infectionsExpert consensus panelMcGeer criteriaTract infectionsUrinary tractDifficile infectionConsensus panelNorovirus gastroenteritisInfectionStructured reviewSignificant changesGastroenteritisTract