Survey of infection control and antimicrobial stewardship practices in Australian residential aged‐care facilities. Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stuart, R. L.; Marshall, C.; Orr, E.; Bennett, N.; Athan, E.; Friedman, D.; Reilly, M.; Members of RACRIG (Residential Aged Care Research Interest Group)
• Is Part Of: Internal medicine journal. Volume 45:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 576
• Page End: 580
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; 616
• DOI: 10.1111/imj.12740
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1444-0903

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>This study assessed infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) practices in Australian residential aged‐care facilities (RACF). Two hundred and sixty‐five surveys (15.6%) were completed with all states represented and the majority (177 (67.3%)) privately run. Only 30.6% RACF had infection control trained staff on site. Few facilities had AMS policies, only 14% had antimicrobial prescribing restrictions. Most facilities offered vaccination to residents (influenza vaccination rates &gt;75% in 73% of facilities), but pneumococcal vaccination was poor.</p> </abstract>