Home healthcare providers' infection prevention efforts hampered by dearth of data, tools

Modern Healthcare: Bayada Home Health Care had to go it alone when it developed infection control and prevention protocols for its clinicians.

Unlike the numerous infection prevention resources available to hospitals and nursing homes, there isn't much published guidance for home health providers on how to best protect patients from infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn't published infection control guidelines specific to the home health industry even though such resources are available for acute-care and long-term care providers.

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