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Policies for Controlling Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in US Healthcare Facilities Reporting to the National Healthcare Safety Network, 2014

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2016

Lindsey M. Weiner ,
Amy K. Webb ,
Maroya S. Walters ,
Margaret A. Dudeck  and
Alexander J. Kallen
Lindsey M. Weiner*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Amy K. Webb
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Maroya S. Walters
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Margaret A. Dudeck
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
Alexander J. Kallen
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
*
Address correspondence to Lindsey Weiner, MPH, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-A24, Atlanta, GA 30329 ([email protected]).
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Abstract

We examined reported policies for the control of common multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in US healthcare facilities using data from the National Healthcare Safety Network Annual Facility Survey. Policies for the use of Contact Precautions were commonly reported. Chlorhexidine bathing for preventing MDRO transmission was also common among acute care hospitals.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016:1–4

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 9 , September 2016 , pp. 1105 - 1108
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© 2016 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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