Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to Retire Legal Mandates
26 Jun, 2017 | 19:41h | UTCViewpoint: Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to Retire Legal Mandates – JAMA (free)
“Contact precautions are easy to use w a single patient, but burdensome when applied to an entire hospital” (RT @JAMA_current see Tweet)
This viewpoint suggests a more selective use of contact precautions for the control of endemic pathogens.