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Surveillance Definitions of Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities

Revisiting the McGeer Criteria

Nimalie D. Stone
Muhammad S. Ashraf
Jennifer Calder
Christopher J. Crnich
Kent Crossley
Paul J. Drinka
Carolyn V. Gould
Manisha Juthani-Mehta
Ebbing Lautenbach
Mark Loeb
Taranisia MacCannell
Preeti N. Malani
Lona Mody
Joseph M. Mylotte
Lindsay E. Nicolle
Mary-Claire Roghmann
Steven J. Schweon
Andrew E. Simor
Philip W. Smith
Kurt B. Stevenson
Suzanne F. Bradley

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

33(10):p 965-977, October 2012.

Infection surveillance definitions for long-term care facilities (ie, the McGeer Criteria) have not been updated since 1991. An expert consensus panel modified these definitions on the basis of a structured review of the literature. Significant changes were made to the criteria defining urinary tract and respiratory tract infections. New definitions were added for norovirus gastroenteritis and Clostridum difficile infections.