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Resource Burden Associated with Contact Precautions for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus: The Patient Access Managers' Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Erica S. Shenoy ,
Rochelle P. Walensky ,
Hang Lee ,
Benjamin Orcutt  and
David C. Hooper
Erica S. Shenoy*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Rochelle P. Walensky
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Center for AIDS Research, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Hang Lee
Affiliation:
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Benjamin Orcutt
Affiliation:
Admitting Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
David C. Hooper
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection Control Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 340, Boston, MA 02114 ([email protected])
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Abstract

We surveyed patient access managers on the impact of contact precautions (CP) for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) on time to bed assignment, and we investigated the factors influencing infection control policies allowing for discontinuation of CP. The majority of respondents reported an increase in time to bed assignment for patients with a history of MRSA and/or VRE infection or colonization.

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Concise Communication
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 8 , August 2012 , pp. 849 - 852
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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