{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62618c0ce543e60013d552ad/633702628fd5fe0012536f01?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Contact precautions and multidrug resistant microorganisms","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/cover/1650558736970-4b07f635e1e7dbe71c946462c5df35d3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Gemma Winzor talks with Gonzalo Bearman (Professor of Infectious Diseases at Virginia Commonwealth University, Editor in Chief of <a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Antimicrobial Stewardship &amp; Healthcare Epidemiology</a>) about his work on contact precautions for the control of endemic multidrug resistant organisms in healthcare settings. The conversation takes in the importance of horizontal and vertical IPC measures, adverse outcomes associated with isolation and contact precautions, cost-savings and customer satisfaction, and the research still to be done in the field.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode links</strong></p><ul><li>RP Wenzel &amp; MB Edmond, <a href=\"https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(10)02360-X/fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Infection control: the case for horizontal rather than vertical interventional programs</a>. <em>International Journal of Infectious Diseases</em> 2010;Volume 14 (S1), S3-S5</li><li>G Bearman <em>et al</em>. <a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/impact-of-discontinuing-contact-precautions-for-methicillinresistant-staphylococcus-aureus-and-vancomycinresistant-enterococcus-an-interrupted-time-series-analysis/869CD5E44B339770AC771BC06049B98F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Impact of discontinuing contact precautions for methicillin-resistant <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> and vancomycin-resistant <em>Enterococcus</em>: an interrupted time series analysis</a>. <em>Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidemiology</em> 2018;Volume 39(6):676-682</li><li>Haessler <em>et al</em>. <a href=\"https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(20)30642-8/fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Stopping the routine use of contact precautions for management of MRSA and VRE at three academic medical centers: an interrupted time series analysis</a>. <em>American Journal of Infection Control</em> 2020;Volume 48(12):1466-1473</li><li>Coia <em>et al</em>. <a href=\"https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(21)00360-1/fulltext\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Joint Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) and Infection Prevention Society (IPS) guidelines for the prevention and control of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare facilities</a>. <em>Journal of Hospital Infection</em> 2021;Volume 118:S1-S39</li><li>Godbout <em>et al</em>. <a href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/abs/impact-of-discontinuation-of-contact-precautions-on-centralline-associated-bloodstream-infections-in-an-academic-childrens-hospital/918DAF01CD8E24B50B0BD4446E5D8D87\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Impact of discontinuation of contact precautions on central-line associated bloodstream infections in an academic children’s hospital</a>. <em>Infection Control &amp; Hospital Epidemiology</em> 2019;Volume 40(4):473-475</li><li>Gonzalo Bearman &amp; Richard P. Wenzel <em>Richmond-Times Dispatch</em> column: <a href=\"https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/gonzalo-bearman-and-richard-p-wenzel-column-new-threats-to-controlling-health-care-associated-infections/article_43e4bf40-62f0-570b-82f9-6f84832fdad9.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New threats to controlling health care-associated infections</a></li><li>Podcast: <a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/infection-prevention-in-conversation/episodes/mrsa-guidelines\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MRSA Guidelines: new evidence against an old adversary</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/jhieditor\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@jhieditor</a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/IPIP_Open\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@IPIP_open</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Healthcare Infection Society"}