Universal risk assessment upon hospital admission for screening of carriage with multidrug-resistant micro-organisms in a Dutch tertiary care centre

Background: In Dutch hospitals a six-point questionnaire is currently mandatory for risk assessment to identify carriers of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) at the time of hospitalization. Presence of one or more risk factors is followed by pre-emptive isolation and microbiological culturing. Aim: To evaluate the yield of the universal risk assessment in identifying MDRO carriers upon hospitalization. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed using routine healthcare data in a Dutch tertiary hospital between January 1 st, 2015 and August 1 st, 2019. MDRO risk assessment upon hospital... Mehr ...