PPE in Nursing Homes to Prevent MDROs | HAI | CDC

PPE in Nursing Homes to Prevent MDROs | HAI | CDC

Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Novel or Targeted Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)

On This Page

• Description of Existing Precautions
• Description of New Precautions
• Summary of PPE Use and Room Restriction
• Implementation
• References

Note: This Interim Guidance was updated on 07/26/2019 to clarify its current intended use as part of a Containment Response1.  Future updates are anticipated to address potential for application of this approach outside of a Containment Response.

Print version: Implementation of PPE in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of MDROs pdf icon[PDF – 6 pages]

Implementation of Contact Precautions, as described in the CDC Guideline for Isolation Precautions, is perceived to create challenges for nursing homes trying to balance the use of PPE and room restriction to prevent MDRO transmission with residents’ quality of life. Thus, current practice in many nursing homes is to implement Contact Precautions only when residents are infected with an MDRO and on treatment.