AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111, March 2010

Contact precautions for multidrug-resistant organisms: Current recommendations and actual practice

  • Sarah A. Clock, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY
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  • Bevin Cohen, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Maryam Behta, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Information Services, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Barbara Ross, RN, CIC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Weill-Cornell Medical Center, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
    • ,
  • Elaine L. Larson, RN, PhD, CIC

      Affiliations

    • Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Elaine L. Larson, Columbia University School of Nursing, 630 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032.

published online 13 November 2009.

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 Financial support was provided by Association for Prevention Teaching and Research–Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Cooperative Agreement 5U50CD3000-860-21. S.C. was supported by the National Institute of Nursing Research (Grant 5T90NR010824-02) in Columbia University's Training in Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance program.

 Conflicts of interest: None to report.

PII: S0196-6553(09)00837-2

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.08.008

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111, March 2010

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