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Impact of elimination of contact precautions on noninfectious adverse events among MRSA and VRE patients

Gandra, Sumanth
Barysauskas, Constance M.
Mack, Deborah
Barton, Bruce A
Finberg, Robert W.
Ellison, Richard T. III
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We read with great interest the article by Martin et al published online in May 2018 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. We previously reported on the impact of elimination of contact precautions (CP) in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) patients on noninfectious complications, although our analysis was limited to falls and pressure ulcers. Our findings differed from those of Martin et al; we observed no statistically significant difference in the rate of falls or pressure ulcers among MRSA/VRE patients in the years before and after eliminating CP.

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Gandra S, Barysauskas CM, Mack DA, Barton B, Finberg R, Ellison RT. Impact of elimination of contact precautions on noninfectious adverse events among MRSA and VRE patients. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Oct;39(10):1272-1273. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.204. Epub 2018 Aug 31. PMID: 30168402. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1017/ice.2018.204
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