Abstract
An outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium involving 28 infants in a neonatal intensive care unit was observed. Successful control of the outbreak was achieved following use of patient and staff cohorting, contact isolation precautions, patient and environmental surveillance cultures, environmental decontamination, molecular typing, introduction of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant, and decreased use of vancomycin.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 301-303 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Epidemiology
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
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Rupp, M. E., Marion, N., Fey, P. D., Bolam, D. L., Iwen, P. C., Overfelt, C. M., & Chapman, L. (2001). Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 22(5), 301-303. https://doi.org/10.1086/501905