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Erschienen in: Critical Care 3/2004

01.06.2004 | Review

Pro/con clinical debate: Isolation precautions for all intensive care unit patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization are essential

verfasst von: Barry M Farr, Geoffrey Bellingan

Erschienen in: Critical Care | Ausgabe 3/2004

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Abstract

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasingly common problem in intensive care units (ICUs), and they are capable of impacting on patient outcome, the ICU's budget and bed availability. This issue, coupled with recent outbreaks of illnesses that pose a direct risk to ICU staff (such as SARS [severe acute respiratory syndrome]), has led to renewed emphasis on infection control measures and practitioners in the ICU. Infection control measures frequently cause clinicians to practice in a more time consuming way. As a result it is not surprising that ensuring compliance with these measures is not always easy, particularly when their benefit is not immediately obvious. In this issue of Critical Care, two experts face off over the need to isolate patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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Metadaten
Titel
Pro/con clinical debate: Isolation precautions for all intensive care unit patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization are essential
verfasst von
Barry M Farr
Geoffrey Bellingan
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2004
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Critical Care / Ausgabe 3/2004
Elektronische ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2817

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