Uncertainty in the application of contact precautions

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 474-475

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a   Kirkland, Kathryn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNCERTAINTY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84863945836     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis398     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Siegal JD, Rhinehart E, Jackson M, Chiarello L; the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. 2007 guideline for isolation precautions: preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2007.
2. Morgan DJ, Diekema DJ, Sepkowitz K, Perencevich EN. Adverse outcomes associated with contact precautions: a review of the literature. Am J Infect Control 2009; 37:85-93.