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Farr BM. Reasons for noncompliance with infection control guidelines. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000;21(6):411-6doi: 10.1086/501783.
Farr, B. M. (2000). Reasons for noncompliance with infection control guidelines. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 21(6), 411-6. https://doi.org/10.1086/501783
Farr, B M. "Reasons for noncompliance with infection control guidelines." Infection control and hospital epidemiology vol. 21,6 (2000): 411-6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/501783
Farr BM. Reasons for noncompliance with infection control guidelines. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Jun;21(6):411-6. doi: 10.1086/501783. PMID: 10879574.
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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Jun;21(6):411-6. doi: 10.1086/501783.

Reasons for noncompliance with infection control guidelines.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

B M Farr

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  1. University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA.

PMID: 10879574 DOI: 10.1086/501783

Abstract

Concern frequently is voiced about individuals not complying with guidelines intended to prevent spread of antibiotic-resistant pathogens from patient to patient, but institutional decisions to ignore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines recommending detection and isolation of colonized patients also have contributed greatly to the increasing rate of infections due to these pathogens. This is so because colonized patients are the main reservoir for spread, and barrier precautions prevent spread much more effectively than Standard Precautions. Providing effective leadership and changing this culture of noncompliance must begin with the infection control team believing that spread is both important and preventable.

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