Facility- and patient-level factors associated with implementation of contact precautions in hospitalized VA patients with positive CRE cultures

Geneva M. Wilson; Margaret Fitzpatrick; Katie J. Suda; Linda Poggensee; Makoto Jones; Martin E. Evans; Charlesnika T. Evans

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.36

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

Facility- and patient-level factors associated with implementation of contact precautions in hospitalized VA patients with positive CRE cultures

Geneva M. Wilson,
Margaret Fitzpatrick,
Katie J. Suda,
Linda Poggensee,
Makoto Jones,
Martin E. Evans,
Charlesnika T. Evans

Affiliations

Geneva M. Wilson: ORCiD; Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, USA Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Chicago, IL, USA
Margaret Fitzpatrick: Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, USA Loyola Medical Center, Maywood, IL, USA
Katie J. Suda: Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Heath Care System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Linda Poggensee: Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
Makoto Jones: Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Martin E. Evans: Department of Veterans Affairs, Lexington VA Medical Center, Lexington, KY, USA
Charlesnika T. Evans: Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare (CINCCH), Hines Jr. Veterans Affairs Hospital, Hines, IL, USA Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, Chicago, IL, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.36
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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Decreasing the time to contact precautions (CP) is critical to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) prevention. Identifying factors associated with delayed CP can decrease the spread from patients with CRE. In this study, a shorter length of stay was associated with being placed in CP within 3 days.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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