Nursing homes must begin to use enhanced barrier precautions to prevent broader transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms and to help protect patients with chronic wounds and indwelling devices, ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is emphasizing the necessity of using enhanced barrier precautions when caring for patients with chronic wounds or indwelling medical devices. The addition ...
More than 50% of nursing home residents may be colonized with multidrug-resistant organisms, CDC says. Nursing home residents are at increased risk of developing infection with multidrug-resistant ...