Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Infection Control: Study of Compliance With Isolation Precautions in a Paris University Hospital
- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 22 (02) , 109-111
- https://doi.org/10.1086/501873
Abstract
Isolation practices in a university hospital were analyzed for 137 patients with multidrug-resistant bacteria. Isolation was ordered in writing by physicians for 40% and instituted by nurses for 60%; 74% were isolated. Compliance depended on physician ordering in writing (odds ratio, 36.3; 95% confidence interval, 4.8-274.9). Nurses complied best with hand washing.Keywords
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