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Clean nurses/dirty nurses

On my unit we are a pediatric med/surg and oncology unit. The assignments frequently have us taking care of a patients with active infections such as C.Diff or Influenza and an oncology patient with an ANC of 0. I feel that we should try to keep the patients separate as possible, but am told as long as I am using my PPE, they are safe.

Question: Does anybody have any studies that would help me support my case or does the evidence really show that PPE is enough to keep cross contamination occurring?

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    The evidence really does point, at this point in time, to PPE being used appropriately as being sufficient to prevent cross contamination.

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    I agree with not.done.yet's post. Also, don't forget to "scrub in, scrub out", and be scrupulous about cleaning any equipment such as vital signs carts, accu-check machines, stethoscopes, etc.!

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    "The evidence really does point, at this point in time, to PPE being used appropriately as being sufficient to prevent cross contamination."

    Thank you as it does help me feel a little better. Do you happen to know of any of the studies?

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    "The evidence really does point, at this point in time, to PPE being used appropriately as being sufficient to prevent cross contamination."

    Thank you as it does help me feel a little better. Do you happen to know of any of the studies?

    A quick search of Google scholar revealed several articles. I really wonder about how many RN's don't know how to search the internet for Evidence based peer reviewed studies.

    Hppy

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