Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey

Abstract An electronic survey was disseminated amongst infection control practitioners to investigate the variation in practices toward vancomycin resistant enterococci. There were 235 analysable responses, mostly from doctors, in 48 countries. The survey considered active surveillance, in-hospital...

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Main Authors:	H. Isenman, J. Michaels, D. Fisher
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2016-11-01
Series:	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:	VRE Infection control International guidelines
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0140-5

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spelling	doaj-f0116cb7516f4897a5f19309ab7466ef2020-11-25T00:40:32ZengBMCAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control2047-29942016-11-01511610.1186/s13756-016-0140-5Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic surveyH. Isenman0J. Michaels1D. Fisher2Division of Infectious Diseases, National University HospitalDivision of Infectious Diseases, National University HospitalDivision of Infectious Diseases, National University HospitalAbstract An electronic survey was disseminated amongst infection control practitioners to investigate the variation in practices toward vancomycin resistant enterococci. There were 235 analysable responses, mostly from doctors, in 48 countries. The survey considered active surveillance, in-hospital precautions and tagging and untagging processes. There was a great variation in responses between and within countries highlighting a gap in guidance for practitioners on which to base institutional policy.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0140-5VREInfection controlInternational guidelines
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title	Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
title_short	Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
title_full	Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
title_fullStr	Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
title_full_unstemmed	Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
title_sort	global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant enterococcus – results of an electronic survey
publisher	BMC
series	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
issn	2047-2994
publishDate	2016-11-01
description	Abstract An electronic survey was disseminated amongst infection control practitioners to investigate the variation in practices toward vancomycin resistant enterococci. There were 235 analysable responses, mostly from doctors, in 48 countries. The survey considered active surveillance, in-hospital precautions and tagging and untagging processes. There was a great variation in responses between and within countries highlighting a gap in guidance for practitioners on which to base institutional policy.
topic	VRE Infection control International guidelines
url	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-016-0140-5
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Global variances in infection control practices for vancomycin resistant Enterococcus – results of an electronic survey

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