Use of contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: An Emerging Infections Network (EIN) survey
Background: The CDC recommends routine use of contact precautions for patients infected or colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). There is variability in implementation of and adherence to this recommendation, which we hypothesized may have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. M...
Main Authors: | Jessica Howard-Anderson, Lindsey Gottlieb, Susan E. Beekmann, Philip Polgreen, Jesse T. Jacob, Daniel Z. Uslan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023-06-01
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Series: | Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X23003741/type/journal_article |
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