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Transmission-Based Precautions / [produced by Medcom, inc.].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in Long Term Care
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nosocomial infections--Prevention.
- Nosocomial infections.
- Health facilities--Sanitation.
- Health facilities.
- Communicable diseases--Transmission.
- Communicable diseases.
- Long-term care of the sick.
- Long-Term Care.
- Medical facilities.
- Local Subjects:
- Long-Term Care.
- Medical facilities.
- Genre:
- Instructional films.
- Film excerpts.
- Instructional
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Cypress, CA : Medcom, 2004.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Health care-associated infections, also known as nosocomial infections, are infections that develop after a resident's admission to a long-term care facility. This course describes the causes of health care-associated infections in long term care. Prevention strategies are also covered. This film clip describes transmission-based precautions based on the three likely forms of transmission: airborne, droplet, and direct contact.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 981535702
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