The Potential for Interventions in a Long-term Acute Care Hospital to Reduce Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Affiliated Healthcare Facilities | Zendy

Damon Toth | Zendy; Karim Khader | Zendy; Rachel B. Slayton | Zendy; Alexander J. Kallen | Zendy; Adi V. Gundlapalli | Zendy; Justin J. O’Hagan | Zendy; Anthony E. Fiore | Zendy; Michael Rubin | Zendy; John A. Jernigan | Zendy; Matthew H. Samore | Zendy

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The Potential for Interventions in a Long-term Acute Care Hospital to Reduce Transmission of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Affiliated Healthcare Facilities

Author(s) -

Damon Toth,

Karim Khader,

Rachel B. Slayton,

Alexander J. Kallen,

Adi V. Gundlapalli,

Justin J. O’Hagan,

Anthony E. Fiore,

Michael Rubin,

John A. Jernigan,

Matthew H. Samore

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix370

Subject(s) - carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae , outbreak , medicine , acute care , transmission (telecommunications) , infection control , isolation (microbiology) , intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , health care , environmental health , emergency medicine , medical emergency , enterobacteriaceae , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , biology , escherichia coli , telecommunications , biochemistry , computer science , economics , gene , economic growth

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) are high-priority bacterial pathogens targeted for efforts to decrease transmissions and infections in healthcare facilities. Some regions have experienced CRE outbreaks that were likely amplified by frequent transmission in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). Planning and funding of intervention efforts focused on LTACHs is one proposed strategy to contain outbreaks; however, the potential regional benefits of such efforts are unclear.

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