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Nurse Leader Weekly, April 21, 2008

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"The average person trembles with fear when he or she hears the word staph or MRSA, and most healthcare workers are sick of multiple drug resistant organisms (MDROs) making their daily service more challenging," says Sheila Gerald, RN, CIC.

"Many infection control experts will agree that MDROs have rocked our world for the past 10 years in dramatic ways. We now have to use resources for increased compliance monitoring, surveillance, and tracking. And let's not forget about the increased need for education. How many times must we say 'gel in-gel out,' 'glove/gown each time,' only to get those phone calls over and over reporting it not being done?

I have a question: Why haven't hospitals addressed this problem? Why not simply tell the public, 'No, you can't bring that child in to visit,' or 'No, you can't go in the room without a gown/glove/mask?'"

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