title: Nursing implications of a vancomycin resistant enterococcus outbreak in a renal unit.
abstract: Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus is a difficult organism to treat and is becoming more prevalent world-wide. When it was identified in a busy renal unit, radical and expensive measures were taken to try and control the outbreak. Although these had costs to both patients and staff, the organism was eradicated from the unit.
authors.affiliation: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000451:nursing; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin