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

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.