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The CDC published Interim Guidance on July 26, 2019 addressing the "Implementation of Personal Protective Equipment in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Novel or Targeted Multi-drug resistant Organisms (MDROs)". This document is intended to provide guidance for PPE use and room restriction in nursing homes for preventing transmission of novel or targeted MDROs, included as part of a public health containment response. This guidance introduces a new approach called Enhanced Barrier Precautions, which falls between Standard and Contact Precautions, and requires gown and glove use for certain residents during specific high-contact resident care activities that have been found to increase risk for MDRO transmission. This document does not replace existing guidance regarding use of Contact Precautions for other pathogens (e.g., Clostridioides difficile, norovirus) in nursing homes. |