Isolation Precautions for Visitors
Publication Date: July 1, 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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...should perform hand hygiene prior to enterin...
...uardians/visitors with extended stay in...
...special situations, in which patie...
...n situations in which heightened horizonta...
...Methicill...
...endemic situations with MRSA and VRE we...
...visitors to patients with MRSA or VRE...
...is might be the case for visitors of...
...Drug-resistan...
...ation of contact precautions should be...
...Enter...
...isitors of patients infected with enteric patho...
...Droplet Precauti...
...isitors to rooms of patients on droplet...
...Airborne Precauti...
...rs to patients on airborne precautions we rec...