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Compliance With Isolation Precautions at a University Hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David J. Weber ,
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett ,
Vickie M. Brown ,
Rebecca H. Brooks ,
Irene P. Kittrell ,
Brenda J. Featherstone ,
Tina L. Adams  and
William A. Rutala
David J. Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
Vickie M. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
Rebecca H. Brooks
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
Irene P. Kittrell
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
Brenda J. Featherstone
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
Tina L. Adams
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill
William A. Rutala
Affiliation:
Department of Hospital Epidemiology, University of North Carolina Health Care System, Chapel Hill Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
*
CB #7030 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7030 (dweber@unch.unc.edu)
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Abstract

Compliance with isolation precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was evaluated in 3 hospital-wide observational surveys. The compliance rate, by type of isolation, was as follows: droplet transmission, 100% (4 observations); airborne transmission, 61.5% (13 observations); contact isolation, 73.3% (165 observations); and protective isolation, 73.6% (72 observations). As with hand hygiene, there is suboptimal compliance with recommended isolation precautions.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , March 2007 , pp. 358 - 361
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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