Home Care Infection Prevention and Control Research

Home Care Infection Prevention and Control Research

Select scholarly journal articles and publications with research contributing to the body of knowledge in infection prevention and control for home-based care (i.e., home health, hospice and palliative care, private duty [skilled and unskilled], and home infusion therapy), including but not limited to the following items listed below.

Note. References are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent publication or revision date first) rather than alphabetically. Guidelines that CDC has updated since their first publication are dated by their most recent revision, with the original publication year noted at the end of the entry.

  1. Chastain, A. M., Morse-Karzen, B., Garcia, A., Trinley, T., Stone, P. W., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., Xu, Z., Madigan, E., & Shang, J. (2026). Mitigating and solving infection prevention and control challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from qualitative interviews with U.S. home healthcare staff. Home Healthcare Now, 44(3), 148–163. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000001433
  2. Russell, D., McDonald, M. V., Chastain, A. M., Xu, Z., Vergez, S. M., Onorato, N., Brasch, J., Ramos, E., Wang, J., Perera, U. G. E., McGoldrick, M., & Shang, J. (2026). Infection prevention and control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among home health care patients and their family caregivers: Findings from a multisite survey. American Journal of Infection Control, 54(5), 531–537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2025.11.025
  3. Shang, J., Chastain, A. M., McDonald, M. V., Wang, J., Lee, J. W., Ji, X., Morse-Karzen, B., & Russell, D. (2026). Infection prevention and control knowledge, attitudes, and practices among patients and informal caregivers in home-based care: A systematic review. American Journal of Infection Control, 54(1), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2025.10.005
  4. Shang, J., Lee, J. W., Dick, A. W., Chastain, A. M., Perera, U. G. E., Glance, L. G., & Stone, P. W. (2025). Policies for infection prevention and control in home health care, 2019 vs 2023. JAMA Network Open, 8(5), Article e2512450. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.12450
  5. Keller, S. C., Hannum, S. M., Weems, K., Oladapo-Shittu, O., Salinas, A. B., Marsteller, J. A., Gurses, A. P., Klein, E. Y., Shpitser, I., Crnich, C. J., Bhanot, N., Rock, C., Cosgrove, S. E., & Home Infusion CLABSI Prevention Collaborative. (2023). Implementing and validating a home-infusion central-line–associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 44(11), 1748–1759. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.70
  6. Hannum, S. M., Oladapo-Shittu, O., Salinas, A. B., Weems, K., Marsteller, J., Gurses, A. P., Cosgrove, S. E., & Keller, S. C. (2022). A task analysis of central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) surveillance in home infusion therapy. American Journal of Infection Control, 50(5), 555–562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2022.01.008
  7. Harrison, J. M., Dick, A. W., Madigan, E. A., Furuya, E. Y., Chastain, A. M., & Shang, J. (2022). Urinary catheter policies in home healthcare agencies and hospital transfers due to urinary tract infection. American Journal of Infection Control, 50(7), 743–748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.11.027
  8. Shang, J., Harrison, J. M., Chastain, A. M., Stone, P. W., Perera, U. G. E., Madigan, E. A., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., & Dick, A. W. (2022). Influenza vaccination of home health care staff and the impact on patient hospitalizations. American Journal of Infection Control, 50(4), 369–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.027
  9. Woo, K., Song, J., Adams, V., Block, L., Currie, L., Shang, J., & Topaz, M. (2022). Exploring prevalence of wound infections and related patient characteristics in homecare using natural language processing. International Wound Journal, 19(1), 211–221. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13623
  10. Adams, V., Song, J., Shang, J., McDonald, M. V., Dowding, D., Ojo, M., & Russell, D. (2021). Infection prevention and control practices in the home environment: Examining enablers and barriers to adherence among home health care nurses. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(6), 721–726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2020.10.021
  11. Adawee, M., & Cole, S. (2021). Establishing an evidence-based infection surveillance program for home care and hospice: A large Midwest health system’s experience. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(12), 1551–1553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.007
  12. Harrison, J. M., Dick, A. W., Stone, P. W., Chastain, A. M., Sorbero, M., Furuya, E. Y., & Shang, J. (2021). Infection trends in home health care, 2013–2018. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 42(11), 1388–1390. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.248
  13. Markkanen, P., Brouillette, N., Quinn, M., Galligan, C., Sama, S., Lindberg, J., & Karlsson, N. (2021). “It changed everything”: The Safe Home Care qualitative study of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on home care aides, clients, and managers. BMC Health Services Research, 21, Article 1055. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07076-x
  14. McDonald, M. V., Russell, D., Liu, J., Woo, K., Brickner, C., Larson, E. L., Sridharan, S., Dowding, D., Adams, V., & Shang, J. (2021). Observation of hand hygiene practices in home health care. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(5), 1029–1034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.07.031
  15. Mohammed, S., & Gorski, L. (2021). Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship in home healthcare. Home Healthcare Now, 39(5), 238–246. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000001012
  16. Osakwe, Z. T., Osborne, J. C., Samuel, T., Bianco, G., Céspedes, A., Odlum, M., & Stefancic, A. (2021). All alone: A qualitative study of home health aides’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York. American Journal of Infection Control, 49(11), 1362–1368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2021.08.004
  17. Shang, J., Chastain, A. M., Perera, U. G. E., Dick, A. W., Madigan, E. A., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., & Stone, P. W. (2021). The state of infection prevention and control at home health agencies in the United States prior to COVID-19: A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 115, Article 103841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103841
  18. Song, J., Woo, K., Shang, J., Ojo, M., & Topaz, M. (2021). Predictive risk models for wound infection-related hospitalization or ED visits in home health care using machine-learning algorithms. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 34(8), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASW.0000755928.30524.22
  19. Woo, K., Adams, V., Wilson, P., Fu, L., Cato, K., Rossetti, S. C., McDonald, M., Shang, J., & Topaz, M. (2021). Identifying urinary tract infection-related information in home care nursing notes. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 22(5), 1015–1021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.12.010
  20. Dowding, D., Russell, D., Trifilio, M., McDonald, M. V., & Shang, J. (2020). Home care nurses’ identification of patients at risk of infection and their risk mitigation strategies: A qualitative interview study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 107, Article 103617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103617
  21. Keller, S., Salinas, A., Williams, D., McGoldrick, M., Gorski, L., Alexander, M., Norris, A., Charron, J., Stienecker, R. S., Passaretti, C., Maragakis, L., & Cosgrove, S. E. (2020). Reaching consensus on a home infusion central line-associated bloodstream infection surveillance definition via a modified Delphi approach. American Journal of Infection Control, 48(9), 993–1000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.12.015
  22. Mork, R. L., Hogan, P. G., Muenks, C. E., Boyle, M. G., Thompson, R. M., Sullivan, M. L., Morelli, J. J., Seigel, J., Orscheln, R. C., Bubeck Wardenburg, J., Gehlert, S. J., Burnham, C.-A. D., Rzhetsky, A., & Fritz, S. A. (2020). Longitudinal, strain-specific Staphylococcus aureus introduction and transmission events in households of children with community-associated meticillin-resistant S aureus skin and soft tissue infection: A prospective cohort study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 20(2), 188–198. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30570-5
  23. Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., Chastain, A., Mangal, S., Stone, P., & Shang, J. (2020). Home health staff perspectives on infection prevention and control: Implications for coronavirus disease 2019. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(12), 1782–1790.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.026
  24. Shang, J., Chastain, A. M., Perera, U. G. E., Quigley, D. D., Fu, C. J., Dick, A. W., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., & Stone, P. W. (2020). COVID-19 preparedness in US home health care agencies. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21(7), 924–927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2020.06.002
  25. Shang, J., Russell, D., Dowding, D., McDonald, M. V., Murtaugh, C., Liu, J., Larson, E. L., Sridharan, S., & Brickner, C. (2020). A predictive risk model for infection-related hospitalization among home healthcare patients. Journal for Healthcare Quality, 42(3), 136–147. https://doi.org/10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000214
  26. Shang, J., Wang, J., Adams, V., & Ma, C. (2020). Risk factors for infection in home health care: Analysis of national Outcome and Assessment Information Set data. Research in Nursing & Health, 43(4), 373–386. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22053
  27. Chastain, A., Pogorzelska-Maziarz, M., Stone, P., & Shang, J. (2019). Impact of agency-level policies and priorities upon infection prevention and control in the home environment: Perspectives of home health staff [Conference abstract]. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(Suppl. 2), S846. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2125
  28. Keller, S. C., Alexander, M., Williams, D., Rock, C., Han, J., Schweizer, M., Chopra, T., Deol, S., Hirsch, D. K., Cosgrove, S. E., & Gorski, L. (2019). Perspectives on central-line–associated bloodstream infection surveillance in home infusion therapy. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 40(6), 729–731. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.90
  29. Keller, S. C., Cosgrove, S. E., Kohut, M., Krosche, A., Chang, H. E., Williams, D., & Gurses, A. P. (2019). Hazards from physical attributes of the home environment among patients on outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. American Journal of Infection Control, 47(4), 425–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.09.020
  30. Nailon, R. E., & Rupp, M. E. (2019). Surveillance of home health central venous catheter care outcomes: Challenges and future directions. American Journal of Infection Control, 47(11), 1382–1387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.04.177
  31. Osakwe, Z. T., Larson, E., & Shang, J. (2019). Urinary tract infection-related hospitalization among older adults receiving home health care. American Journal of Infection Control, 47(7), 786–792.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.12.012
  32. Keller, S. C., Williams, D., Rock, C., Deol, S., Trexler, P., & Cosgrove, S. E. (2018). A new frontier: Central line–associated bloodstream infection surveillance in home infusion therapy. American Journal of Infection Control, 46(12), 1419–1421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.05.016
  33. Russell, D., Dowding, D. W., McDonald, M. V., Adams, V., Rosati, R. J., Larson, E. L., & Shang, J. (2018). Factors for compliance with infection control practices in home healthcare: Findings from a survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward infection control. American Journal of Infection Control, 46(11), 1211–1217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.05.005
  34. Shang, J., Dick, A. W., Larson, E. L., & Stone, P. W. (2018). A research agenda for infection prevention in home healthcare. American Journal of Infection Control, 46(9), 1071–1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.010
  35. Brouillette, N. M., Quinn, M. M., & Kriebel, D. (2017). Risk of sharps injuries to home care nurses and aides: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(11), 1072–1077. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001160
  36. Shang, J., Larson, E., Liu, J., & Stone, P. (2015). Infection in home health care: Results from national Outcome and Assessment Information Set data. American Journal of Infection Control, 43(5), 454–459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.017
  37. Shang, J., Ma, C., Poghosyan, L., Dowding, D., & Stone, P. (2014). The prevalence of infections and patient risk factors in home health care: A systematic review. American Journal of Infection Control, 42(5), 479–484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.018
  38. Rinke, M. L., Bundy, D. G., Milstone, A. M., Deuber, K., Chen, A. R., Colantuoni, E., & Miller, M. R. (2013). Bringing central line-associated bloodstream infection prevention home: CLABSI definitions and prevention policies in home health care agencies. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 39(8), 361–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39050-3
  39. Kenneley, I. (2012). Infection control in home healthcare: An exploratory study of issues for patients and providers. Home Healthcare Nurse, 30(4), 235–245. https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0b013e31824adb52
  40. Bakunas-Kenneley, I., & Madigan, E. (2009). Infection prevention and control in home health care: The nurse’s bag. American Journal of Infection Control, 37(8), 687–688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2009.03.004
  41. Chilvers, R. (2009). Infection control: A hospice perspective. Journal of Hospital Infection, 72(3), 262–265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2009.03.004
  42. Weber, D. J., Brown, V., Huslage, K., Sickbert-Bennett, E., & Rutala, W. A. (2009). Device-related infections in home health care and hospice: Infection rates, 1998–2008. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 30(10), 1022–1024. https://doi.org/10.1086/605641
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