RT Book, Section
A1 Jobst, Erin E.
A1 Panus, Peter C.
A1 Kruidering-Hall, Marieke
SR Print(0)
ID 1192818765
T1 Miscellaneous Antimicrobial Agents: Disinfectants, Antiseptics, Sterilants, and Preservatives
T2 Pharmacology for the Physical Therapist, 2e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259862229
LK accessphysiotherapy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1192818765
RD 2024/04/20
AB CASE  STUDYE.L.  is  a  68-year-old  woman  admitted  to  the  hospital  from  a  skilled  nursing  facility  with  an  exacerbation  of  chronic  bronchitis.  Within  a  few  days,  E.L.  began  having  multiple  bouts  of  diarrhea  daily.  Infection  with  Clostridium  difficile  was  suspected  and  the  patient  was  placed  in  Contact  Plus  Precautions  isolation.  Stool  sample  testing  confirmed  C  difficile  infection  and  the  patient  was  immediately  started  on  fidaxomicin.  Today,  the  physical  therapist  was  treating  another  patient  on  the  same  floor  as  E.L.  When  the  therapist  could  not  locate  a  front-wheeled  walker  on  the  floor,  he  asked  the  physical  therapy  aide  to  find  one.  The  aide  recalled  that  E.L.  had  a  walker  in  her  room  and  decided  to  borrow  this  walker  so  that  the  therapist  could  use  it  for  his  other  patient.  When  the  aide  entered  the  patient’s  room  helpfully  presenting  the  borrowed  walker,  the  therapist  requested  that  the  aide  immediately  return  the  walker  to  E.L.’s  room  without  allowing  it  to  touch  any  surfaces  along  the  way  and  to  wash  her  hands  with  soap  and  water  afterward.