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For antibiotic approval, 24 hours a day, contact MSBI Antibiotic Approval on EPIC secure chart
For Consults please contact the MSBI Infectious Diseases Consult group on EPIC secure chat or the fellow listed on call on AMION
Fellows long distance pager prefix 14620 + pager number.
Administration / Escalation
1 - David Perlman MD,
Chief, Infectious Diseases
Cell: 917-282-5804
2 - Stanley Yancovitz MD,
Fellowship Program Site Director
Cell: 917-655-4552
3 - MSBI Hospital Director of Nursing: 212-420-3910
4 - MSBI Hospital Administrator on Duty: 212-420-3900
Infection Prevention
On weekdays, contact the Infection Prevention Department at 212-420-2853.
On evenings, nights and weekends, please call the Nursing Supervisor for any bed management/infection prevention issues.
The Nursing Supervisor can reach Infection Prevention On Call at 646-799-6024.
Infection Control Policy #009, Care of the Patient with Communicable Diseases in the Inpatient and Outpatient Setting
Candida auris**
active infection or prior history
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Special Contact Precautions
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Clostridium difficile, Sapovirus, Norovirus**
active infection
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Special Contact Precautions
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CRE, MDR Pseudomonas, MDR Acinetobacter baumannii or any other significant MDR gram negative bacilli **
active infection or prior history within 1 year
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Contact Precautions
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ESBL
all sites, active infection or prior history
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No precautions
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MRSA**
active MRSA infection or 1 year history of MRSA in current open wound
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Contact Precautions
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MRSA
nasal screen (+) or prior history of nasal MRSA
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No precautions
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VISA/VRSA/HVISA**
active infection or prior history
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Contact Precautions
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VRE**
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No precautions unless resistant to Linezolid and/or Daptomycin, solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant within the last 12 months or NICU patient
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**Patients may only be cohorted with a roommate who has the same organism (e.g. CRE+CRE; MDR Acinetobacter + MDR Acinetobacter; MRSA + MRSA)
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