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Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Infection Control: Study of Compliance With Isolation Precautions in a Paris University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gwenaëlle M. Vidal-Trecan*
Affiliation:
Département de Santé Publique, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France Comité Local de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
Natalie Delamare
Affiliation:
Département de Santé Publique, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
Stephanie Tcherny-Lessenot
Affiliation:
Département de Santé Publique, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
Jacqueline Lamory
Affiliation:
Direction du service de soins infirmiers, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
François Baudin
Affiliation:
Service d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
Michel de Prittwitz
Affiliation:
Comité Local de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
Dominique Salmon-Ceron
Affiliation:
Comité Local de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France Département de médecine interne, CHU Cochin—Port Royal, APHP, Université René Descartes, Paris, France
*
Département de Santé Publique, CHU Cochin Port Royal, 24-27, rue du faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France

Abstract

Isolation practices in a university hospital were analyzed for 137 patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria. Isolation was ordered in writing by physicians for 40% and instituted by nurses for 60%; 74% were isolated. Compliance depended on physician ordering in writing (odds ratio, 36.3; 95% confidence interval, 4.8-274.9). Nurses complied best with hand washing.

Type
Concise Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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