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Infection Control in the Outpatient Setting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Loreen A. Herwaldt ,
Shanon D. Smith  and
Cheryl D. Carter
Loreen A. Herwaldt
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa University of Iowa College of Medicine, and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
Shanon D. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Cheryl D. Carter
Affiliation:
University of Iowa College of Medicine, and the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa
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Abstract

This article discusses aspects of ambulatory care that increase the difficulty of practicing infection control in this setting or that require infection control staff to use different methods than they would use in the inpatient setting. The article reviews basic infection control precautions that apply to the outpatient setting in general and specific precautions that apply to dialysis centers and physical therapy programs. The article also describes outbreaks that have occurred in the outpatient setting, defines the deficiencies in infection control practice that caused the outbreaks, and discusses methods to prevent transmission of pathogens in the outpatient setting.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 41 - 74
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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