Should I stay or should I go? Patient understandings of and responses to source-isolation practices
Abstract
Isolation of patients, who are colonised or infected with a multidrug-resistant organism (source-isolation), is a common practice in most acute health-care settings, to prevent transmission to other patients. Efforts to improve the efficacy of source-isolation in hospitals focus on healthcare staff compliance with isolation precautions. In this article we examine patients’ awareness, understandings and observance of source-isolation practices...
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Title
Should I stay or should I go? Patient understandings of and responses to source-isolation practices
Published Date
Nov 12, 2015
Journal
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
60 - 68
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