Long-Term Care Survey Alert
What Do You Think?
Published on Sat Jan 01, 2011 
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No. The guideline "came out in 2002 and hasn't changed," says James Marx, RN, MS, CIC, principal of Broad Street Solutions in San Diego. "I imagine it will be up for some reviews in the next year," he adds.You can review the guideline at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5116.pdf.
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