Contact Precautions

New Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Warrant Additional Action by Healthcare Providers

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert for Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE): Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are untreatable or difficult-to-treat multidrug-resistant organisms that are emerging in the ...More
February 27, 2013
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Studies Show Great Variation in Contact Precautions, Impact on Patients and Care Delivery

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends placement of patients with a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and/or vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) colonization on contact precautions (CP). However, without national ...More
February 12, 2013
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Contact Precautions Shown to Modify Healthcare Workers' Care Delivery

The prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can help reduce patient morbidity and mortality, but a common prevention effort for patients with hard to treat infections known as contact precautions, can have positive and negative impacts on patient ...More
December 11, 2012
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Hospitals Encouraged to Examine Their Approach to Isolation

In a concise communication published in the May 2012 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Joan Vinski, MSN, RN, CIC, Mary Bertin, BSN, RN, CIC, Zhiyuan Sun, MS, Steven M. Gordon, MD, Daniel Bokar, James Merlino, MD, and Thomas G. Fraser, MD, report on their ...More
July 17, 2012
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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 ...More
July 17, 2012
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CDC Experts Outline Steps to Prevent the Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Today on Medscape, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) experts Drs. Raymund Dante and Alice Guh provide step-by-step guidance for healthcare professionals that can help protect their patients by preventing the transmission of carbapenem-resistant ...More
June 21, 2012
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
Slide Show: Preventing CRE Infections

ICT presents highlights from the 2012 CRE Toolkit - Guidance for Control of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...More
June 21, 2012
Posted in Galleries, Hand Hygiene, PPE & Standard Precautions
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. ...More
December 27, 2011
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Study Finds Patient Isolation Associated With Hospital Delirium

A new study finds that patients who are moved into isolation during a hospital stay are nearly twice as likely to develop delirium, a potentially dangerous change in mental status that often affects hospital patients. Patients who began their stay in isolation were not at ...More
December 12, 2011
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Researchers Examine Isolation's Effect on MRSA Transmission

Many studies have examined methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) control measures, but few have been planned prospective single intervention studies in the endemic setting. Researchers from the Victorian Infectious Diseases Service of Royal Melbourne Hospital ...More
July 6, 2011
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