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Isolation precautions for visitors.

Munoz-Price LS, Banach DB, Bearman G, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print].

This expert guidance provides recommendations to help hospitals develop policies to reduce the spread ofhealth care–associated infections by individuals visiting patients in isolation. The authors discuss contactprecautions and outline specific conditions where these suggestions should be employed.

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