Updates to Enhanced Barrier Precautions Guidance

Dr. Jean Storm gives an overview of enhanced barrier precautions (EBPs) and discusses the latest updates for EBP guidance. Viewers will obtain an overview of the following: 

• A brief history of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs); the cause, spread, colonization, infection; and who is at risk
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) rationale for recommending Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP)
• Guidelines for implementation of EPBs to the nursing home population