A Successful Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Reduction Bundle at a Singapore Hospital. (21st October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fisher, Dale; Pang, Long; Salmon, Sharon; Lin, Raymond T.P.; Teo, Cathrine; Tambyah, Paul; Jureen, Roland; Cook, Alex R.; Otter, Jonathan A.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 37:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 107
• Page End: 109
• Publication Date: 2015-10-21
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.251
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: We report a reduction in the vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) rate from a peak of 1.5 cases per 1, 000 admissions (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0−2.1) in August 2012 to 0.5 per 1, 000 admissions (95% CI: 0.3−1.0) by January 2015, associated with a bundle of interventions. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):107–109