A Successful Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Reduction Bundle at a Singapore Hospital.
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.
1Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,National University of Singapore,Singapore,Singapore.
Dale
D
Fisher
3Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health,National University of Singapore and National University Health System,Singapore,Singapore.
Long
L
Pang
4Department of Nursing Administration,National University Health System,Singapore,Singapore.
Sharon
S
Salmon
1Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,National University of Singapore,Singapore,Singapore.
Raymond T P
RT
Lin
4Department of Nursing Administration,National University Health System,Singapore,Singapore.
Cathrine
C
Teo
1Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,National University of Singapore,Singapore,Singapore.
Paul
P
Tambyah
5Department of Laboratory Medicine,National University Health System,Singapore,Singapore.
Roland
R
Jureen
3Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health,National University of Singapore and National University Health System,Singapore,Singapore.
Alex R
AR
Cook
6Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust,London,UK.
Jonathan A
JA
Otter
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D064872:Patient Care Bundles; D010356:Patient Isolation; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D065507:Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci