The interrelationship of isolation precautions and adverse events in an acute care facility

It has been well documented that patients placed in isolation precautions are at an increased risk of experiencing adverse events. Medically relevant incident reports are one way to determine whether an adverse event has occurred. We compared these reports in isolated and nonisolated patients. We fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of infection control 2011-03, Vol.39 (2), p.154-155
Hauptverfasser:	Spence, Michael R., MD, MPH, McQuaid, Millard, MBA, MSF
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems adverse events Biological and medical sciences Comparative analysis contact precautions Emergency Service, Hospital Epidemiology. Vaccinations falls General aspects Health care Humans incident reports Infection Control Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Isolation precautions Medical sciences medication errors MRDO multidrug-resistant organism Patient Isolation - methods Patient Isolation - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Risk Management - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	It has been well documented that patients placed in isolation precautions are at an increased risk of experiencing adverse events. Medically relevant incident reports are one way to determine whether an adverse event has occurred. We compared these reports in isolated and nonisolated patients. We found a statistically significant increased rate of adverse events in patients in isolation precautions.
ISSN:	0196-6553 1527-3296
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajic.2010.04.213