The impact of organisational characteristics of staff and facility on infectious disease outbreaks in care homes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious disease outbreaks are common in care homes, often with substantial impact on the rates of infection and mortality of the residents, who primarily are older people vulnerable to infections. There is growing evidence that organisational characteristics of staff and facility might play a role in infectious disease outbreaks however such evidence have not previously been systematically reviewed. Therefore, this systematic review aims to examine the impact of facility and staff characteristics on the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in care homes.

Methods

Five databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, ProQuest, Web of Science, CINAHL) were searched. Studies considered for inclusion were of any design reporting on an outbreak of any infectious disease in one or more ca

SUBMITTER: Liljas AEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8921437 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature