Discontinuing Contact Precautions for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Is Associated With Rising VRE Bloodstream Infection Rates in Ontario Hospitals, 2009-2018: A Quasi-experimental Study.
VRE
active screening
bloodstream infections
contact precautions
vancomycin resistant enterococcus
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 10 2020
23 10 2020
Historique:
received:
23
10
2019
accepted:
09
01
2020
pubmed:
11
1
2020
medline:
28
4
2021
entrez:
11
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In Ontario, Canada, since 2012, some hospitals discontinued contact precautions for vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). Between 2009 and 2018, there was an associated rise in VRE bloodstream infections in hospitals where contact precautions were discontinued but not in hospitals that maintained contact precautions. These data suggest contact precautions are important for hospital VRE control programs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31922536
pii: 5699876
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa009
doi:
Substances chimiques
Vancomycin
6Q205EH1VU
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1756-1759Informations de copyright
Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Public Health Ontario, 2020.