Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2016)

Prospective Validation of Cessation of Contact Precautions for Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase–Producing Escherichia coli

  • Sarah Tschudin-Sutter,
  • Reno Frei,
  • Friedbert Schwahn,
  • Milanka Tomic,
  • Martin Conzelmann,
  • Anne Stranden,
  • Andreas F. Widmer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.150554
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 6
pp. 1094 – 1097

Abstract

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After contact precautions were discontinued, we determined nosocomial transmission of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing Escherichia coli by screening hospital patients who shared rooms with ESBL-producing E. coli–infected or –colonized patients. Transmission rates were 2.6% and 8.8% at an acute-care and a geriatric/rehabilitation hospital, respectively. Prolonged contact was associated with increased transmission.

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