Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit

Mark Edmund Rupp; N. Marion; Paul D Fey; David Lloyd Bolam; Peter Charles Iwen; C. M. Overfelt; L. Chapman

doi:10.1086/501905

Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit

Mark Edmund Rupp, N. Marion, Paul D Fey, David Lloyd Bolam, Peter Charles Iwen, C. M. Overfelt, L. Chapman

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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	https://doi.org/10.1086/501905
State	Published - May 2001

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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