Infectious Disease

Infection Prevention and Control

Questions discussed in this category

When do you discontinue contact precautions in patients known to be colonized with ESBL producing Enterobacterales?

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Are contact precautions effective at preventing MRSA transmission in healthcare settings?

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What isolation policies are Rheumatology offices employing for both staff and patients diagnosed with COVID-19 given the new CDC guidelines?

CDC Healthcare Guidance CDC Isolation and Work Restriction Guidance CDC Immunocompromised Guidance

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Should checking a urinalysis with reflex to culture be part of the standard work up for fever in an ICU patient with a urinary catheter?

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In patients taking biologics who are planning joint replacement and are known MRSA carriers do you perform decolonization prior to surgery?

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What is the risk of serious bacterial infection in a febrile solid tumor patient who has not yet started cancer-directed therapy and has normal cell counts with no central line?

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Papers discussed in this category

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2023 Sep 21

Are contact precautions "essential" for the prevention of healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2024 Jan 03

Discontinuation of Contact Precautions for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Pediatric Healthcare System.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2018-02

Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings.

Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2021 Oct 21

Taking off the gown: Impact of discontinuing contact precautions for extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms.

American journal of infection control, 2023 Feb 01

Increased evidence for no benefit of contact precautions in preventing extended-spectrum -lactamases-producing Enterobacteriaceae: Systematic scoping review.

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