acd?

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my patient is on isolation for acd. is acd e.coli infection?

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Specializes in Peds/Neo CCT,Flight, ER, Hem/Onc.

ACD=anemia of chronic disease. Your patient is on isolation for something else. ACD is often found in HIV and cancer patients. Are you sure it's not reverse isolation?

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Specializes in cardiac, oncology.

Could it be: acute communicable disease?

What are there symptoms, flu like?

What protection do you use?

Kristy

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Specializes in ER, education, mgmt.

ACD can also refer to acute contact dermatitis which would require isolation if it resulted from a parasitic infection (such as scabies). Yikes! I'm itching already!

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