CDC posts guidelines to thwart MDRO threat
OSHA Healthcare Connection, October 24, 2006
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Preventing the spread of infections from multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) requires aggressive efforts from hospitals and other healthcare settings, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To help facilities create comprehensive MDRO infection control programs, the CDC released Management of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Healthcare Settings on October 19.
"Although it appears that MDRO transmission seldom occurs in ambulatory and outpatient settings, some patient populations (e.g., those in hemodialysis or with cystic fibrosis), including those receiving chemotherapeutic agents, are at risk for colonization and infection with MDROs," the guidelines state. Also the emergence of vancomycin-resistant S. aureus in non-acute care "demonstrates that even these settings need to make MDRO prevention a priority."
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