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The discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: Impact upon patient adverse events and hospital operations

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  • Gregory M Schrank Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Graham M Snyder Department of Infection Prevention and Control, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Roger B Davis Department of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Westyn Branch-Elliman Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, VA Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts, United States VA Boston Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sharon B Wright Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Division of Infection Control/Hospital Epidemiology, Silverman Institute of Health Care Quality & Safety, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gregory M Schrank, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA; gschrank{at}som.umaryland.edu
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Schrank GM, Snyder GM, Davis RB, et al
The discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: Impact upon patient adverse events and hospital operations
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:1-2.

Publication history

  • Received October 5, 2018
  • Revised June 11, 2019
  • Accepted June 29, 2019
  • First published July 18, 2019.
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September 18, 2020

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