Successful control of emerging vancomycin-resistant enterococci by territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene in patients in Hong Kong

With the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in our public hospitals, territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene before meals and medications for all conscious hospitalized patients reverted the rising VRE incidence of 16.5% per month (P < .001) to a reduction of -9.8% per month (P < .001). The outbreak rate reverted from an increasing trend of 10.5% per month (P < .001) to a decreasing trend of -13.3% per month (P < .001) between January 2011 and October 2015..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

American journal of infection control - 44(2016), 10, Seite 1168-1171

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheng, Vincent C.C [VerfasserIn]
Tai, Josepha W.M [Sonstige Person]
Chau, P.H [Sonstige Person]
Lai, Christopher K.C [Sonstige Person]
Chuang, Vivien W.M [Sonstige Person]
So, Simon Y.C [Sonstige Person]
Wong, Sally C.Y [Sonstige Person]
Chen, Jonathan H.K [Sonstige Person]
Ho, P.L [Sonstige Person]
Tsang, Dominic N.C [Sonstige Person]
Yuen, K.Y [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.11

44.75

Themen:

Bacterial infections
Disease control
Drug resistance
Gram-positive bacteria
Hands
Hygiene
Nosocomial infections

doi:

10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.050

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1985145251