Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):127-144. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.245. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ 1University of Connecticut,Farmington,Connecticut.
² 2Virginia Commonwealth University,Richmond,Virginia.
³ 3Adventist Health,Roseville,California.
⁴ 4MetroHealth Medical Center,Cleveland,Ohio.
⁵ 5University of Maryland,Baltimore,Maryland.
⁶ 6Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,Los Angeles,California.
⁷ 7Medical College of Wisconsin,Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
⁸ 8Temple University School of Medicine,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania.
⁹ 9Rush University Medical Center,Chicago,Illinois.
¹⁰ 10University of Louisville School of Public Health and Information Sciences,Louisville,Kentucky.

PMID: 29321078
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.245

No abstract available

Publication types

Guideline
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections / diagnosis
Clostridium Infections / prevention & control
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Enterobacteriaceae / isolation & purification
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / diagnosis
Enterobacteriaceae Infections / prevention & control
Hospitals
Humans
Infection Control / methods*
Infection Control / standards*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Societies, Scientific
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Universal Precautions / methods
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification