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Efficacy of Infection Control Strategies to Reduce Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Korea: A 4-Year Follow-Up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sung Won YoonChang ,
Kyong Ran Peck ,
Og Son Kim ,
Jang Ho Lee ,
Nam Yong Lee ,
Won Sup Oh  and
Jae-Hoon Song
Sung Won YoonChang
Affiliation:
Infection Control Office, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Kyong Ran Peck*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Og Son Kim
Affiliation:
Infection Control Office, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jang Ho Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center Diseases, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Nam Yong Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Samsung Medical Center Diseases, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Won Sup Oh
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jae-Hoon Song
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Samsung Medical Center, 50 IL-won dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-710, Korea ([email protected])
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Abstract

To determine the effectiveness of infection control strategies to reduce transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), a cohort study was performed in a university hospital. Contact precautions alone were not effective in reducing transmission of VRE. Strict isolation of affected patients in private rooms, in addition to use of contact precautions, showed a significantly improved reduction in the transmission of VRE.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 493 - 495
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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