Impact of elimination of contact precautions on noninfectious adverse events among MRSA and VRE patients
Authors
Gandra, SumanthBarysauskas, Constance M.
Mack, Deborah
Barton, Bruce A.
Finberg, Robert W.
Ellison, Richard T. III
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesDepartment of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Document Type
Response or CommentPublication Date
2018-10-01Keywords
Bacterial Infections and MycosesHealth Services Administration
Immunology and Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease
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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.Source
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
DOI
10.1017/ice.2018.204Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/35179PubMed ID
30168402Related Resources
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10.1017/ice.2018.204