New Isolation Strategies: Is There a Need?

Autor:	Edward J. O'Rourke
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) Balanced scorecard Isolation (health care) Epidemiology business.industry Enteric precautions Internet privacy Healthcare worker Infectious Diseases Universal precautions Medicine medicine.symptom Body substance isolation business Confusion Healthcare system
Zdroj:	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 15:300-302
ISSN:	1559-6834 0899-823X
Popis:	See also pages 329 and 335. Category-specific isolation, body substance isolation, disease-specific isolation, drainage/secretion precautions, enteric precautions, resistant-organism precautions, universal precautions, tuberculosis precautions: Can anybody other than aficionados keep these systems straight without a scorecard? What confusion have we wrought on the ordinary healthcare worker, especially those without special expertise in infection control but on whom we rely to carry out isolation policy? Are we creating isolation systems too complex, specific, and confusing to meet the basic needs of our healthcare system? Indeed, have we even confused ourselves by inventing new isolation systems when a careful reading of existing recommendations suggests that with minor updating, vigilant implementation of those guidelines would be sufficient?
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::538656b9d0089ea15c658e1f96dc5643 https://doi.org/10.1086/646915 Zobrazit plný text záznamu