2011-03-22 - Researcher Explores Whether Contact Precautions Do More Harm Than Good
In an article, "Emerging Infections: The Contact Precautions Controversy" in the latest issue of the American Journal of Nursing, author Rachel L. Zastrow, BSN, a patient safety liaison... into contact precautions -- which is more restrictive than standard precautions and often includes isolation
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2012-12-24 - 2012 Year in Review PPE and Standard Precautions
ICT presents the year in review in PPE and standard precautions.
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2011-07-19 - Program Emphasizes Importance of Standard Precautions Observance
Researchers in France report on a program called StopRisk that emphasizes the importance of the implementation of standard precautions. StopRisk, a quality and security improvement initiative... transmission, in particular observance of standard precautions.
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2011-12-27 - 2011 Year in Review PPE and Standard Precautions
ICT celebrates the end of the year by bringing you a review of the top news items and articles from 2011 related to PPE and standard precautions.
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2010-11-30 - Surveillance Can Help Boost Implementation of Contact Precautions
The use of contact precautions is an essential component of an effective control plan for multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Emily Mawdsley, of the section of Infectious Diseases and Global... automated reminder system to alert clinicians of the need for contact precautions, poor adherence
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2013-02-12 - Studies Show Great Variation in Contact Precautions, Impact on Patients and Care Delivery
(VRE) colonization on contact precautions (CP). However, without national guidelines to advise on if or when contact precautions should may be discontinued, hospitals are left to determine for themselves
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2011-01-24 - Study Explores Nurses Compliance With Standard Precautions
Nurses may acquire an infection during the provision of nursing care because of occupational exposure to microorganisms. Relevant literature reports that compliance with standard precautions (a set of guidelines that can protect healthcare professionals from being exposed to infectious pathogens
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2010-10-26 - Universal Contact Precautions More Effective for Preventing MRSA Infection in the ICU
Researchers, in a poster presented at the 48th annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), suggest that universal contact precautions -- including the requirement that anyone caring for or visiting a MRSA patient must wear gloves and a gown -- were more effective
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2012-12-11 - Contact Precautions Shown to Modify Healthcare Workers Care Delivery
as contact precautions, can have positive and negative impacts on patient care. A new report... in the hospital, these contact precautions reduced the number of visits by healthcare workers
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2012-07-17 - Researchers Examine Impact of Contact Precautions on Time to Bed Assignment
In a concise communication published in the August 2012 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD, Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Hang Lee, PhD, Benjamin Orcutt, CHAM, and David C. Hooper, MD, report on the impact of contact precautions (CP) for methicillin
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