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The Impact of Discontinuing Contact Precautions for VRE and MRSA on Device-Associated Infections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2015

Michael B. Edmond ,
Nadia Masroor ,
Michael P. Stevens ,
Janis Ober  and
Gonzalo Bearman
Michael B. Edmond
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa
Nadia Masroor
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Janis Ober
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
Gonzalo Bearman*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia.
*
Address correspondence to Gonzalo Bearman MD, MPH, VCU Medical Center, Box 980019, Richmond, VA 23298 (gbearman@mcvh-vcu.edu).
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Abstract

The impact of discontinuing contact precautions for patients with MRSA and VRE colonization/infection on device-associated hospital-acquired infection rates at an academic medical center was investigated in this before-and-after study. In the setting of a strong horizontal infection prevention platform, discontinuation of contact precautions had no impact on device-associated hospital-acquired infection rates.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;36(8):978–980

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 36 , Issue 8 , August 2015 , pp. 978 - 980
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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