In a recent review published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, a group of authors critically assessed the designation of contact precautions (CP) as an "essential practice" for methicillin-resistant ...

Baltimore, August 18, 2015--Contact precautions are recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for all patients known to be infected with or carrying multidrug-resistant ...

New expert guidance released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises hospitals on determining when they can safely discontinue contact precautions for patients with ...

A group of epidemiologists and infection prevention specialists reviewed current practice and existing literature on the use of contact precautions for MRSA and VRE to build a framework for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Recent recommendations for MRSA prevention suggest contact precautions are essential. There are currently no ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore conducted a study to determine weather using contact precautions on hospital patients is linked to patient adverse events. The ...

A new expert guidance concerning contact precautions (CP) for multi-drug resistant bacteria has been released and published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The document was authored by ...

Although contact precautions are necessary in some circumstances, some infection prevention specialists and healthcare providers believe there are limitations to the contact precautions approach and ...

A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the impact of universal contact precautions on multidrug-resistant organism rates in intensive care units. They examined data ...

NEW YORK (Jan. 11, 2018) - New expert guidance released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America advises hospitals on determining when they can safely discontinue contact ...