CDC has released updated guidance for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in nursing homes to prevent the spread of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). This updated guidance expands the use of EBP to include any residents of a nursing home with an indwelling medical device or wound, as well as residents with known infection or colonization with an MDRO. These updated recommendations are meant to protect nursing home residents and staff from spreading MDROs, which can cause serious and hard to treat infections, while avoiding restrictions on resident activities or a need for private rooms, unlike with Contact Precautions. Recall that newly released RoPs guidance on infection control includes a section on MDROs.

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Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804