Volume 7, Number 2—April 2001
THEME ISSUE
4th Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Healthcare-Associated Infections

Prevention is Primary

Preventing Infections in Non-Hospital Settings: Long-Term Care

Lindsay E. Nicolle 

Author affiliation: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

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Table 1

Common endemic infections in long-term care facilities (1)

Site of infection	Frequency/1,000 patient-days
Urinary tract	0.46 - 4.4
Respiratory tract	0.1 - 2.4
Skin, soft tissue	<0.1 - 2.1
Gastrointestinal tract	0 - 0.9

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