Comparison of Routine Glove Use and Contact‐Isolation Precautions to Prevent Transmission of Multidrug‐Resistant Bacteria in a Long‐Term Care Facility

Objectives: To compare routine glove use by healthcare workers for all residents, without use of contact‐isolation precautions, with contact‐isolation precautions for the care of residents who had vancomycin‐resistant enterococci or methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from a clinical culture

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