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Dear Lyn,
At our facility, we do not reverse barrier nurse (or protective isolation) patients who are neutropenic. But we do have certain measures such as we try to allocate them a bed in a two bedded bay and preferably next to a person who might have come for a straightforward reason to hospital such as an elective surgery and has no comorbidities, etc.
Rita
Rita Roy
Clinical Nurse Consultant | Infection Control
Hornsby Ku ring gai Health Service, Palmerston Road, Hornsby NSW 2077
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The question has been raised. Is it best practice to reverse barrier nurse febrile neutropenic patients or not?
Staff have suggested that maybe patients are not getting the best care by being isolated as the patients feel neglected and shut off, our Oncologists feels that once antibiotics are commenced that there is no need to isolate, “standard precautions” is all that’s needed.
I’m interested, what is the current practice out there?
Regards Lyn
Lyn Golden
17 Francis Street
Echuca 3564
P 54855340
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