Infections & Organisms: Multidrug-Resistant Organism (MDRO)
How Antibiotic Resistance Moves Directly Germ to Germ
How Bacteria and Fungi Fight Back Against Antibiotics
How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads
Health Equity and Antimicrobial Resistance
Contact Precautions Featuring Acinetobacter (video)
This 3:45 minute video is very engaging as it demonstrates the importance of compliance with Contact Precautions in preventing the spread of microorganisms by both direct and indirect contact. With an entertaining portrayal of Acinetobacter as though it were a human, the elements of contact precautions and the need to remind each other so that all workers comply with the elements are shown with clarity.
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) – Pocket Guide
This guide can be printed and folded (per directions) to form a small pocket-sized guide to explain how and when to use enhanced barrier precautions.
Multi-drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) are a Threat to Our Residents
This is a poster that can be used in long term care facilities to explain the reasons for and elements of using enhanced barrier precautions in a facility.
Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP), How We Keep Our Residents Safe – Poster
This is a poster that can be used in long term care facilities to explain the reasons for and elements of using enhanced barrier precautions in a facility.
Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes (Video)
This is a 3:35 minute video explaining why enhanced barrier precautions in nursing homes can reduce colonization and infection with MDRO and still allow residents more access to programs and opportunities at the facility It also contrasts enhanced barrier precautions with contact precautions.