{"title":"Infections in the hospitalized elderly.","authors":"D Gingrich","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nosocomial infections are a particular problem among the elderly. Their cost is high mortality and a bill of $4 billion annually. The routine observation of a few simple aseptic practices will significantly blunt the impact of this health-care concern in our hospitals and nursing homes.</p>","PeriodicalId":79639,"journal":{"name":"Hospital physician","volume":"26 1","pages":"35-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Hospital physician","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nosocomial infections are a particular problem among the elderly. Their cost is high mortality and a bill of $4 billion annually. The routine observation of a few simple aseptic practices will significantly blunt the impact of this health-care concern in our hospitals and nursing homes.