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Impact of discontinuation of contact precautions on central-line associated bloodstream infections in an academic children’s hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2019

Emily J. Godbout Open the ORCID record for Emily J. Godbout [Opens in a new window] ,
Barry J. Rittmann ,
Michele Fleming ,
Heather Albert ,
Yvette Major ,
Huong Jane Nguyen ,
Andrew J. Noda ,
Kaila Cooper ,
Michelle Doll  and
Michael P. Stevens
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Emily J. Godbout*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Barry J. Rittmann
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Michele Fleming
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Heather Albert
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Yvette Major
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Huong Jane Nguyen
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Andrew J. Noda
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Kaila Cooper
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Michelle Doll
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Michael P. Stevens
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
Gonzalo Bearman
Affiliation:
Healthcare Infection Prevention Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, Virginia
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Author for correspondence: Emily J. Godbout, Email: emily.godbout@vcuhealth.org
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Abstract

We investigated the impact of discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infected or colonized patients on central-line associated bloodstream infection rates at an academic children’s hospital. Discontinuation of contact precautions with a bundled horizontal infection prevention platform resulted in no adverse impact on CLABSI rates.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 4 , April 2019 , pp. 473 - 475
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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