ReviewVirulence2013
Is patient isolation the single most important measure to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant pathogens?
Review in Virulence, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- β-Lactam-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Dynamics Following Treatment: A Dose-Response Meta-analysis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Pooled it
- Patient care experience with utilization of isolation precautions: systematic literature review and meta-analysis.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2020Pooled it
- A systematic review of the effectiveness of cohorting to reduce transmission of healthcare-associatedInfection control and hospital epidemiology · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of isolation on hospitalised patients who are infectious: systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of contact precautions against multidrug-resistant organism transmission in acute care: a systematic review of the literature.The Journal of hospital infection · 2015Pooled it
- Voices of patients' relatives to support weaning from mechanical ventilation: a randomized trial.Brain communications · 2025Trial
- Evaluating the Clinical Benefit of Carbapenem-ResistantInfection and drug resistance · 2025Article
- Infection Prevention and Control Strategies According to the Type of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria andAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Contribution of active surveillance cultures to the control of hospital-acquired carbapenem-resistantInfection control and hospital epidemiology · 2024Article
- [Multiple PCRRevista espanola de salud publica · 2023Observational
- Infant isolation and cohorting for preventing or reducing transmission of healthcare-associated infections in neonatal units.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Review
- How to improve hospital admission screening for patients at risk of multidrug-resistant organism carriage: a before-and-after interventional study and cost-effectiveness analysis.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- A Data-Driven Framework for Identifying Intensive Care Unit Admissions Colonized With Multidrug-Resistant Organisms.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Isolation strategy for controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms: Is this still an essential option in hospitals?Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) · 2021Article
- Isolation strategy for controlling the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms: Is this still an essential option in hospitals?Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) · 2021Article
- Infection control, prophylactic antibiotics, and testing for SARS-CoV-2 and PPE on German intensive care units: results from a national mixed methods survey.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2021Article
- Justice in control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission: a fair question to ask?Monash bioethics review · 2020Article
- Less contact isolation is more in the ICU: pro.Intensive care medicine · 2020Article
- Determining the ideal prevention strategy for multidrug-resistance organisms in resource-limited countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis study.Epidemiology and infection · 2020Article
- Blue Light Disinfection in Hospital Infection Control: Advantages, Drawbacks, and Pitfalls.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
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Abstract
Isolation or cohorting of infected patients is an old concept. Its purpose is to prevent the transmission of microorganisms from infected or colonized patients to other patients, hospital visitors, and health care workers, who may subsequently transmit them to other patients or become infected or colonized themselves. Because the process of isolating patients is expensive, time-consuming, often uncomfortable for patients and may impede care, it should be implemented only when necessary. Conversely, failure to isolate a patient with multidrug-resistant microorganisms may lead to adverse outcomes, and may ultimately be expensive when one considers the direct costs of an outbreak investigation and the indirect costs of lost productivity. In this review, we argue that contact precautions are essential to control the spread of epidemic and endemic multidrug-resistant microorganisms, and discuss limitations of some available data.
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