A Successful Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Reduction Bundle at a Singapore Hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):107-9. doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.251. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Disinfection / methods
  • Disinfection / standards*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecalis / isolation & purification
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
  • Hospitals*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Mass Screening
  • Patient Care Bundles
  • Patient Isolation
  • Patients' Rooms
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Singapore / epidemiology
  • Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci*