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Frequency of nursing home resident contact with staff, other residents, and the environment outside resident rooms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2019

Lisa Pineles ,
Eli N. Perencevich ,
Mary-Claire Roghmann ,
Kalpana Gupta ,
Jose Cadena ,
Gio Baracco ,
Christopher D. Pfeiffer ,
Graeme Forrest ,
Suzanne F. Bradley  and
Chris Crnich
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Lisa Pineles*
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Genomic Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes, Baltimore, Maryland
Eli N. Perencevich
Affiliation:
Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
Mary-Claire Roghmann
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Genomic Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes, Baltimore, Maryland
Kalpana Gupta
Affiliation:
VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts
Jose Cadena
Affiliation:
South Texas VA Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas
Gio Baracco
Affiliation:
Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, Florida
Christopher D. Pfeiffer
Affiliation:
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Graeme Forrest
Affiliation:
VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Suzanne F. Bradley
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Chris Crnich
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Section, William S. Middleton VA, Madison, Wisconsin
Heather S. Reisinger
Affiliation:
Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
Daniel J. Morgan
Affiliation:
Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Genomic Epidemiology & Clinical Outcomes, Baltimore, Maryland
*
Author for correspondence: Lisa Pineles, MA, 10 S Pine St, MSTF 360B, Baltimore, MD 21201. E-mail: lpineles@som.umaryland.edu
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 7 , July 2019 , pp. 815 - 816
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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