TY - JOUR
T1 - A new approach to the isolation of hospitalized patients with infectious diseases
T2 - Alternative systems
AU - Haley, Robert W.
AU - Garner, Julia S.
AU - Simmons, Bryan P.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - A new guideline developed by the Centers for Disease Control suggests that hospitals adopt one of two alternative isolation systems: the category system or the disease-specific system. The older category system has been modified to reflect current knowledge; for example, the category of protective isolation has been deleted, new categories for contact precautions and tuberculosis precautions have been added, the specific precautions indicated in the other categories have been substantially modified, and many infections have been assigned to new categories. The disease-specific system, a newly developed approach, lists the specific isolation precautions indicated for each infectious disease. Whereas the revised category system offers greater simplicity in practice, the disease-specific system minimizes unnecessary precautions. Both systems allow patient-care personnel more decision-making authority in determining which precautions to apply.
AB - A new guideline developed by the Centers for Disease Control suggests that hospitals adopt one of two alternative isolation systems: the category system or the disease-specific system. The older category system has been modified to reflect current knowledge; for example, the category of protective isolation has been deleted, new categories for contact precautions and tuberculosis precautions have been added, the specific precautions indicated in the other categories have been substantially modified, and many infections have been assigned to new categories. The disease-specific system, a newly developed approach, lists the specific isolation precautions indicated for each infectious disease. Whereas the revised category system offers greater simplicity in practice, the disease-specific system minimizes unnecessary precautions. Both systems allow patient-care personnel more decision-making authority in determining which precautions to apply.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0195-6701(85)80089-X
DO - 10.1016/S0195-6701(85)80089-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 2862186
AN - SCOPUS:0021861050
SN - 0195-6701
VL - 6
SP - 128
EP - 139
JO - Journal of Hospital Infection
JF - Journal of Hospital Infection
IS - 2
ER -