TY - JOUR
T1 - Droplet precautions on site instead of single room isolation for respiratory tract infections
AU - Sommerstein, Rami
AU - Castro Lopes Azevedo, Tiago
AU - Aerschmann, Christina
AU - Hobi, Fabienne
AU - Egger, Martin
AU - Marschall, Jonas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
PY - 2019/8/1
Y1 - 2019/8/1
N2 - We introduced a pragmatic concept of on site droplet precautions instead of single room isolation for rural hospitals in a tiered network. A survey among healthcare workers revealed that this approach was considered comprehensive, safe, and acceptable. This concept could be an alternative for hospitals with few single rooms available for isolation.
AB - We introduced a pragmatic concept of on site droplet precautions instead of single room isolation for rural hospitals in a tiered network. A survey among healthcare workers revealed that this approach was considered comprehensive, safe, and acceptable. This concept could be an alternative for hospitals with few single rooms available for isolation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066962621&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/ice.2019.142
DO - 10.1017/ice.2019.142
M3 - Article
C2 - 31169479
AN - SCOPUS:85066962621
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 40
SP - 939
EP - 942
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 8
ER -