Contact Precautions More Is Not Necessarily Better
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology2014Vol. 35(3), pp. 213–219
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Sorabh Dhar, Dror Marchaim, Ryan Tansek, Teena Chopra, Adnan Yousuf, Ashish Bhargava, Emily T. Martin, Thomas R. Talbot, Laura E. Johnson, Ameet Hingwe, Jerry M. Zuckerman, Bartholomew R. Bono, Emily Shuman, Jose Poblete, MaryAnn P. Tran, Grace Kulhanek, Rama Thyagarajan, Vijayalakshmi Nagappan, Carrie Herzke, Trish M. Perl, Keith S. Kaye
Abstract
As the proportion of patients in contact isolation increases, compliance with contact isolation precautions decreases. Placing 40% of patients under contact precautions represents a tipping point for noncompliance with contact isolation precautions measures.
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