Contact Precautions for Endemic MRSA and VRE: Time to Retire Legal Mandates

JAMA. 2017 Jul 25;318(4):329-330. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.7419.

Authors

Daniel J Morgan¹, Richard P Wenzel², Gonzalo Bearman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore2VA Maryland Healthcare System, Baltimore.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

PMID: 28654976
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2017.7419

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Disease Transmission, Infectious / legislation & jurisprudence
Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control*
Enterococcus
Government Regulation
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / prevention & control
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / transmission*
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Infection Control / legislation & jurisprudence*
Infection Control / methods
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Patient Isolation
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission
United States
Vancomycin Resistance*