Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Contact precautions: A very personal view
The latest issue of the Annals of Family Medicine has an interesting essay, "Losing Touch in the Era of Superbugs," by a physician who struggles with contact precautions. Recently hospitalized with a MRSA infection, he has a new fear of becoming infected at work, yet realizes how important human touch is in the practice of medicine. It's a great reminder of how contact precautions interferes with providing the most humane care to our patients. You can read the full text of the essay here.
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