Management of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Dutch general hospital, 2014-2017: successful control using a restrictive screening strategy
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, a scree... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Schlagwörter: | Isolation strategy / Outbreak / Resistance / Screening strategy / Vancomycin-resistant enterococci / VRE / Public Health / Environmental and Occupational Health / Microbiology (medical) / Infectious Diseases / Pharmacology (medical) / Journal Article |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27457697 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/442764 |