title: Adverse effects of contact isolation.
abstract: Health-care workers are half as likely to enter the rooms of patients in contact isolation, but are more likely to wash their hands after caring for them than after caring for patients not in isolation.
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kirkland
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011481:Protective Clothing / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data