Contact precautions in the intensive care unit setting: 12 years of surveillance.
The utilization of isolation precautions has increased in tertiary care hospitals due to the increase in colonization with multidrug-resistant organisms over time. We assessed the frequency of multidrug-resistant microorganisms responsible for implementation of contact precautions in the ICU of a tertiary care hospital over a 12-year period.
Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
Felipe Maia
FM
de Toledo Piza
Alexandre R
AR
Marra
Moacyr
M
Silva
Thiago Zinsly
TZ
Sampaio Camargo
Rejane Augusta
RA
de Oliveira Figueiredo
Michael B
MB
Edmond
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010356:Patient Isolation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers