Reduction in healthcare acquisition of MRSA, MRGN and C. difficile following the implementation of risk managed horizontal infection prevention and control precautions

Introduction: The effectiveness of Contact Precautions (CP) in managing patients with multi-resistant organisms (MROs) is increasingly questioned. In this LHD a horizontal infection prevention and control approach was instituted in one of the three larger hospitals (Hospital 1) in 2015. Standard Precautions were strengthened for all patients and routine single-room isolation for MRO colonised patients was discontinued. Single-room isolation...