Contact precautions, or CP, don’t need to be deemed an "essential practice" to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prevention in acute care facilities, according to doctors who ...

To minimise the risk of transmitting infectious agents, patients may be isolated in single rooms. Previously, patient isolation was called “isolation precautions” or “barrier nursing” and, while it ...

Reconsidering Contact Precautions for Endemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Morgan DJ, Murthy R, Munoz-Price LS, et al. Infect Control Hosp ...

Patients under contact precautions perceived more problems with their care than other patients, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Contact precautions are a set ...

Although contact precautions are necessary in some circumstances, some infection prevention specialists and healthcare providers believe there are limitations to the contact precautions approach and ...

When a patient is on standard contact precautions, the healthcare worker caring for that patient should be wearing the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including gloves, a gown ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Discontinuing routine contact precautions for endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) can save time and money ...

In ventilator-capable nursing homes, which care for the most complex residents, that proportion rose to 76%, or nearly 80 in 100 residents colonized with these organisms, according to Kara Jacobs ...

The update expanded residents for whom Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EPB) applies. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs).