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Abbreviations
CDI, Clostridium difficile infection; CP, contact precautions; MDRO, multidrug-resistant
organism; MDR-E, multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae; MRSA, methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Source
Banach DB, Bearman G, Barnden M, Hanrahan JA, Leekha S, Morgan DJ, Murthy R,
Munoz-Price LS, Sullivan KV, Popovich KJ, Wiemken TL10. Duration of Contact Precautions
for Acute-Care Settings. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jan 11:1-18. doi: 10.1017/
ice.2017.245. [Epub ahead of print]
e SHEA Expert Guidance: Duration of Contact Precautions for Acute-Care Settings, from which
this pocket guide was derived, was endorsed by the Association for Professionals in Infection
Control and Epidemiolog y (APIC), the Association of Medical Microbiolog y and Infectious
Disease Canada (AMMI Canada), and the Society for Hospital Medicine (SHM).
