Isolation Precautions for Visitors
Publication Date: April 10, 2015
Key Points
Key Points
Given the limited scientific evidence on the subject, studies designed to evaluate the role of visitors in the horizontal transmission of pathogens should be performed.
Until the appropriate studies are performed, the use of isolation precautions among visitors should be guided by the specific pathogen, the underlying infectious condition, and the endemicity of the organism in both the hospital and the surrounding community.
These recommendations should be adapted to individual hospital needs and patient populations. Additionally, hospitals should consider writing policies regarding visitors only when they can be realistically enforced and regularly evaluated for compliance. Resources should be allocated to hospital infection pr
Until the appropriate studies are performed, the use of isolation precautions among visitors should be guided by the specific pathogen, the underlying infectious condition, and the endemicity of the organism in both the hospital and the surrounding community.
These recommendations should be adapted to individual hospital needs and patient populations. Additionally, hospitals should consider writing policies regarding visitors only when they can be realistically enforced and regularly evaluated for compliance. Resources should be allocated to hospital infection pr
Recommendations
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...hould perform hand hygiene prior to e...
...parents/guardians/visitors with exten...
...l situations, in which patients acquire...
...s in which heightened horizontal transmission is...
...istant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and van...
...ituations with MRSA and VRE we recommend not usin...
...sitors to patients with MRSA or VRE will...
Note: This might be the case for visitors...
...g-resistant Gram-negative Organ...
...ion of contact precautions should be consid...
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...r visitors of patients infected with enteric...
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...to rooms of patients on droplet precautions,...
...rne Precautions...
...or visitors to patients on airborne prec...