Issue Ontario guidelines recommend that patients found to be colonized or infected with an extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) organism should be placed on contact precautions, have their records flagged and re-screened on re-admission. However, the duration of precautions depends on each ...
Some authors claim that strict contact precautions might be more appropriate and cost-effective than systematic MDRB screening. Nevertheless, ESBL colonization rate in paediatric cardiac surgery patients is still rela- tively low, allowing the prevention of infection through systematic screening. This ...
Firstly, it did not investigate the specific factors that contribute to the presence of MDR bacteria in hospital waste, such as the duration and storage conditions of the waste or the impact of specific infection control practices. Understanding these factors could help in identifying associated risk...