Risk management also involves tracking the number of injuries and exposures, looking for trends, and trying to eliminate problems in order to minimize risk to staff and patients. It is important that the home health care industry agree on definitions for infection and measures for infection control. It is also important that the home health care industry accept a standardized methodology for calculating infection rates in order to establish benchmarks in the industry. References 1.Simmons B, Trusler M, Roccaforte J, et al. Infection control for home health.
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