Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1995 · 135 citations · 5 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMedical MicrobiologyOutbreak InvestigationAntibiotic ResistanceAntimicrobial Resistance ControlAntimicrobial Resistance PreventionBacterial EpidemiologyInfection SurveillanceResistance SurveillanceAntibiotic-resistant Pathogen ControlDisease Prevalence SurveysEnteric Bacterial InfectionsEnterococciEnterococcus ResistanceLaboratory-based SurveillanceVancomycin Resistance SurveillanceVancomycin-resistant Enterococci
After controlling an epidemic of vanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE), we contained a subsequent vanA E faecium outbreak by using prospective laboratory-based surveillance, placing patients with VRE in private rooms, requiring the use of both gowns and gloves by all personnel entering the patients' rooms, and conducting prevalence surveys of patients on affected wards.
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Susan Donabedian, Joseph W. Chow, John M. Boyce et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 1992 · 59 citations · Full text