Management of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Dutch general hospital, 2014–2017: successful control using a restrictive screening strategy
Abstract Background The emergence of vancomycin resistant enterococci poses a major problem in healthcare settings. Here we describe a hospital-wide outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a general hospital in The Netherlands in the period December 2014–February 2017. Due to late detection of the outbreak, a large cohort of approximately 25,000 (discharged) patients was classified as ‘VRE suspected’. Hereupon a mitigated screening and isolation policy, as compared with the national guideline, was implemented to control the outbreak. Methods After the outbreak was identified,... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
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BMC
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Schlagwörter: | VRE / Vancomycin-resistant enterococci / Resistance / Outbreak / Screening strategy / Isolation strategy / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27408687 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00906-x |