TY - JOUR
T1 - A survey of infection control strategies for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Department of Veterans' Affairs facilities
AU - Ramanathan, Swetha
AU - Suda, Katie J.
AU - Fitzpatrick, Margaret A.
AU - Guihan, Marylou
AU - Goedken, Cassie Cunningham
AU - Safdar, Nasia
AU - Evans, Martin
AU - Jones, Makoto
AU - Pfeiffer, Christopher D.
AU - Perencevich, Eli N.
AU - Rubin, Michael
AU - Evans, Charlesnika T.
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support. This work was supported by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans’ Health Administration, Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (grant no. QUE 15-269).
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PY - 2022/7/22
Y1 - 2022/7/22
N2 - A survey of Veterans' Affairs Medical Centers on control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and carbapenem-producing CRE (CP-CRE) demonstrated that most facilities use VA guidelines but few screen for CRE/CP-CRE colonization regularly or regularly communicate CRE/CP-CRE status at patient transfer. Most respondents were knowledgeable about CRE guidelines but cited lack of adequate resources.
AB - A survey of Veterans' Affairs Medical Centers on control of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and carbapenem-producing CRE (CP-CRE) demonstrated that most facilities use VA guidelines but few screen for CRE/CP-CRE colonization regularly or regularly communicate CRE/CP-CRE status at patient transfer. Most respondents were knowledgeable about CRE guidelines but cited lack of adequate resources.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.328
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.328
M3 - Article
C2 - 32959749
AN - SCOPUS:85091747176
VL - 43
SP - 939
EP - 942
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
SN - 0899-823X
IS - 7
ER -