A beta-lactam antibiotic and first-generation cephalosporin with bactericidal activity. Cefazolin binds to and inactivates penicillin-binding proteins (PBP) located on the inner membrane of the bacterial cell wall.
This incentive is reflected in the drop in average hospital length-of-stay among the elderly from 10.7 days in 1980 to 6.1 days in 1999.1. As hospital length-of-stay fell, the role of skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), home health agencies, and other postacute care providers expanded.
If any SNF care is offered, 2.5 total nursing staff required per resident per day; in ICFs 2.3 hours per resident day; both calculated on 7 day average. Suggestion that for SNFs, actual staffing might approximate 1.8 hours per resident on day shift, 1.1 on evening and 1.13 on nights.