Contact precautions in the intensive care unit setting: 12 years of surveillance - 27/03/13
Doi : 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.031
Felipe Maia de Toledo Piza, MD a, Alexandre R. Marra, MD b, ⁎ 
, Moacyr Silva, MD a, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, MD a, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Figueiredo, PhD b, Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA c
, Moacyr Silva, MD a, Thiago Zinsly Sampaio Camargo, MD a, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Figueiredo, PhD b, Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA c a Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
b Jewish Institute of Education and Research Albert Einstein, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
c Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
Address correspondence to Alexandre R. Marra, MD, Av Albert Einstein, 627/701-1° Andar–Bloco A1–Room 108, São Paulo, Brazil, CEP 05651-901.Abstract |
The utilization of isolation precautions has increased in tertiary care hospitals due to the increase in colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms over time. We assessed the frequency of multidrug-resistant microorganisms responsible for implementation of contact precautions in the ICU of a tertiary care hospital over a 12-year period.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Multidrug-resistant microorganism, Contact isolation, Colonization, Gram-negative bacteria
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