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barrier precautions

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barrier precautions
Infection control A general term referring to any method or device used to ↓ contact with potentially infectious body fluids, including facial masks, doubled gloves and fluid-resistant gowns. See Isolation, Reverse isolation, Universal precautions.
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We know now that if you adhere strictly to science, if you follow every single one of these five steps [good hand hygiene, maximal barrier precautions upon insertion, chlorhexidine skin antisepsis, optimal catheter site selection, and daily review of line necessity with prompt removal of unnecessary lines], you can .
Quality gains key to health care reform by Frieden, Joyce / Clinical Psychiatry News
The alternative, instituting barrier precautions pre-emptively on all patients until their MRSA status is known, is costly and problematic; despite the success of this strategy in controlling MRSA in Denmark and the Netherlands, not all healthcare institutions in the United States have that capacity.
Implementing a real-time PCR assay for rapid surveillance of MRSA by Persing, David; Baron, Ellen Jo / Medical Laboratory Observer
In terms of preventing HAIs, improved hygiene, such as appropriate hand-washing, and the use of barrier precautions, such as caps and gloves, were commonly identified strategies.
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