O Canada!

We've blogged many times about the problems associated with contact precautions, and recently we've begun to talk about scaling back on the infection control intervention that was touted as the be-all and end-all for the last two decades. Well, the Canadians are actually doing it! In this article from yesterday's Hamilton Spectator, we learn that many hospitals in Canada are no longer isolating patients with VRE, a pathogen described as "big and dumb." The head of infection control at Toronto's University Health Network says: “We think we can improve patient safety by actually stopping those specific VRE control measures.”