Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2022: an analysis of 20,216 reports.

Shawn Kepner; Christine Bingman; Rebecca M. Jones

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Long-term care healthcare-associated infections in 2022: an analysis of 20,216 reports.

May 24, 2023

Kepner S, Bingman C, Jones RM. Patient Saf. 2023;5(2):20-31.

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Healthcare-associated infections remain a patient safety issue at long-term care facilities. Based on incident data from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS), this analysis found that healthcare-associated infections in long-term care settings increased by 12.5% between 2021 and 2022; over half of this increase is due to an increase in respiratory and gastrointestinal infections.

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