{
    "abstract": "Health care-associated infections (HAIs) are a global public health threat, which disproportionately impact older adults. Host factors including aging-related changes, comorbidities, and geriatric syndromes, such as dementia and frailty, predispose older individuals to infection. The HAI risks from medical interventions such as device use, antibiotic use, and lapses in infection control follow older adults as they transfer among a network of interrelated acute and long-term care facilities. Long-term care facilities are caring for patients with increasingly complex needs, and the home-like communal environment of long-term care facilities creates distinct infection prevention challenges.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Electronic address: brenda_tesini@urmc.rochester.edu.",
            "firstname": "Brenda L",
            "initials": "BL",
            "lastname": "Tesini"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.",
            "firstname": "Ghinwa",
            "initials": "G",
            "lastname": "Dumyati"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.",
    "doi": "10.1016/j.idc.2022.11.004",
    "journal": "Infectious disease clinics of North America",
    "keywords": [
        "Health care-associated infection (HAI)",
        "Health care-associated pneumonia",
        "Infection prevention",
        "Long-term care",
        "Nosocomial infection",
        "Older adults",
        "Urinary tract infection"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2023-02-23",
    "pubmed_id": "36805015",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Health Care-Associated Infections in Older Adults: Epidemiology and Prevention.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x7885030fa480>"
}