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Comparison of routine glove use and contact-isolation precautions to prevent transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a long-term care facility

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A study to compare routine glove use by healthcare workers for all residents, without use of contact-isolation precautions, with contact-isolations precautions for the care of residents who had vancomycin-resistant enterococci or methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a clinical culture is presented. It was found that residents in a routine-glove-use section of a skilled-care unit in a long-term care facilities (LTCF) had a similar frequency of acquisition of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria as residents in a contact-isolation precautions section.

Author: Jarvis, William R., Trick, William E., Weinstein, Robert A., DeMarais, Patricia L., Tomaska, Wanda, Nathan, Catherine, Rice, Thomas W., McAllister, Sigrid K., Hageman, Jeffrey C., Westbrook, Glennis
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2004
Science & research, Health Care and Social Assistance, HEALTH SERVICES, Medical Personnel, Research, Staphylococcus aureus

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Colonization of skilled-care facility residents with antimicrobial-resistant pathogens

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This article investigates the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant pathogen colonization in a sample of residential patients in a skilled-care hospital unit. Findings indicate that almost half of the patients were colonized with at least one pathogen while over a quarter of the patients were co-colonized by at least two pathogens.

Author: Kuehnert, Matthew J., Jarvis, William R., Trick, William E., Carson, Loretta A., Weinstein, Robert A., DeMarais, Patricia L., Tomaska, Wanda, Nathan, Catherine, Rice, Thomas W., McAllister, Sigrid K.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2001
Statistical Data Included, Analysis, Prevention, Drug resistance in microorganisms, Microbial drug resistance, Bacterial infections, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Long-term care of the sick, Long term care, Pathogenic microorganisms

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Outcome of critically III oldest-old patients (aged 90 and older) admitted to the intensive care unit

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A comparative study between critically ill older patients, aged between 90 and above and younger patients, and examining patient outcomes after being admitted to the intensive care unit, is presented.

Author: Rellos, Konstantinos, Falagas, Mathew E., Vardakas, Konstantinos E., Sermaides, George, Michalapoulas, Argyris
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
Patient outcomes, Demographic aspects, Critically ill

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Subjects list: Health aspects, United States, Patients
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