Functional dependence as a contributing factor for patient hand contamination by multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) in acute care

May 10, 2024

Authors: Lona Mody,

Check out this study from MCIDT affiliate Lona Mody and others on patients with severe functional dependence, who were more likely to have multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) on their hands & less likely to cleanse independently

Key Words: MDROs, functional dependence, antibiotics

Graph depicting the odds of infection depending on your functional dependency as well as comparing the contamination rate with each kinds task they are depndent on someone for and ranking them