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Implementation of respiratory protection measures: Visitors of residential care homes for the elderly

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Am J Infect Control. 2016 Sep 28. pii: S0196-6553(16)30800-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.07.022. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Implementation of respiratory protection measures: Visitors of residential care homes for the elderly.[/h] Lee DT[SUP]1[/SUP], Yu DS[SUP]2[/SUP], Ip M[SUP]3[/SUP], Tang JY[SUP]4[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]

[h=3]Abstract[/h] To evaluate the implementation of respiratory protection measures for and by visitors of residential care homes for the elderly in Hong Kong, a territory-wide cross-sectional survey was conducted. A total of 87 infection control officers, 1,763 health care workers, and 520 visitors from 87 homes completed the questionnaires. Rules on respiratory protection for visitors were found to vary across residential care homes for the elderly. Uncooperative visitors and inadequate resources were identified as major barriers in the implementation of such measures for visitors.
Copyright ? 2016 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Influenza; Nosocomial outbreaks; Old age homes

PMID: 27692788 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.07.022
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