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ArticleJournal of infection prevention2024

Addressing infection prevention and control in Alabama through the long-term care strike team.

Matthew Fifolt, Natalie Baker, R Wade Menefee, Elena Kidd, Lisa C McCormick

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Article in Journal of infection prevention, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Matthew FifoltThe Department of Health Policy and Organization, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4720-7124
Natalie BakerThe Department of Nursing Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care and Infection Preventionist Supervisor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
R Wade MenefeeLead Infection Prevention Specialist with the Alabama Nursing Home and Long-Term Care Strike Team, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Elena KiddProgram Manager in the Office of Public Health Practice, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Lisa C McCormickProfessor in the Department of Health Policy and Organization, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice in the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the lack of infection prevention and control (IPC) infrastructure among long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in the United States; the situation in Alabama is particularly dire with LTCFs receiving some of the lowest quality ratings in the country. Alabama's LTCFs continue to be challenged by frequent staff turnover, vaccine hesitancy, and reluctance to embrace new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations such as enhanced barrier precautions. However, the

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COVID-19Infection prevention and controlinfection preventionistslong-term care facilitieslong-term care strike team

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PMID39318724
PMCPMC11418261

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