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Contact Isolation for Infection Control in Hospitalized Patients: Is Patient Satisfaction Affected?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Leanne B. Gasink ,
Karyn Singer ,
Neil O. Fishman ,
William C. Holmes ,
Mark G. Weiner ,
Warren B. Bilker  and
Ebbing Lautenbach
Leanne B. Gasink*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Karyn Singer
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neil O. Fishman
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
William C. Holmes
Affiliation:
General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mark G. Weiner
Affiliation:
General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Warren B. Bilker
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ebbing Lautenbach
Affiliation:
Divisions of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 3 Silverstein Pavilion, Suite E, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ([email protected])
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Abstract

The effects of contact isolation on patient satisfaction are unknown. We performed a cross-sectional survey and found that most patients lack education and knowledge regarding isolation but feel that it improves their care. In multivariable analysis, isolated patients were not less satisfied with inpatient care than were nonisolated patients.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , March 2008 , pp. 275 - 278
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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