title: Evaluation of contact precautions discharges in an acute care setting.
abstract: The health care environment is increasingly discussed as a source of health care-associated infections. We evaluated patterns of discharges among patients on contact precautions (CP) and assessed correlation of CP discharges with health care acquisition of organisms requiring CP and evaluated the feasibility of targeting CP discharges for additional monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA. HaasJ@wcmc.com
authors.forename: Janet P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shupper
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Visintainer
authors.forename: Marisa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Montecalvo
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*