Contact precautions for endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to retire legal mandates

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 318, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 329-330

  Morgan, Daniel J ^a,b   Wenzel, Richard P ^c   Bearman, Gonzalo ^c  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PATIENT ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 85027567079     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.7419     Document Type: Short Survey

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