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Dear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing in their facilities
* Do you screen or not screen?
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* How are VRE positive patients managed?Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E| Nurse Manager | Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital, Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715 | mobile: 0408 487 197 | fax: 6777 5170 | email: fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au |
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Hi Fiona,
We screen all renal patients on a quarterly basis.
We screen all patients who have been admitted for an overnight stay outside WA then we manage them on contact precautions in isolation until the results are received.
VRE inpatients are managed in a single room with an ensuite on contact precautions.
Kind regards,
Sharon Deen
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Peel Health Campus
Infection Control
Phone:08 9531 8570
Fax:
08 9531 8409
Email:
DeenSharon@ramsayhealth.com.au
Web:
Address:
110 Lakes Road, Mandurah WA 6210
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Dear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing in their facilities
* Do you screen or not screen?
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* How are VRE positive patients managed?Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E| Nurse Manager | Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital, Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715 | mobile: 0408 487 197 | fax: 6777 5170 | email: fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au |
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_control________________________________
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Hi Fiona
Answers to your questions in red following regarding VRE query.
* Do you screen or not screen?
* Yes, we screen as per the following:
* High risk units – ICU – On admission and weekly thereafter
* Ambulatory units – dialysis – Prior to admission and every 3 months thereafter
* People who are identified as a VRE contact
* Stool, rectal or perianal swabs are considered a sensitive method for detection of VRE
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* As above
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* N/A
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* N/A
* How are VRE positive patients managed?
* Transmission-based Precautions i.e. Contact Precautions, isolation, alerts, patient education, as per Queensland Health Guideline: Management of MROs.
* https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/444626/multi-resistant-organisms.pdfKind regards
Meredith Southon
Meredith Southon
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John Flynn Private Hospital
Infection Prevention and Control
Phone:07 5598 9000 ex 9663
Email:
Web:
Address:
42 Inland Drive, Tugun QLD 4224
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Dear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing in their facilities
* Do you screen or not screen?
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* How are VRE positive patients managed?Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E| Nurse Manager | Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital, Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715 | mobile: 0408 487 197 | fax: 6777 5170 | email: fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au |
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_control________________________________
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Hi Fiona
* Do you screen or not screen?
* Yes, we screen as per the Queensland Health guidelines (link as posted by Meredith
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* ICU – weekly, all cardiothoracic patients pre-op, direct transfers from other hospitals, those with an overnight hospital stay in the past six weeks, or with a past history of VRE.
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* Not applicable
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* Not applicable
* How are VRE positive patients managed?
* As per QHealth, with single room and contact precautions in wards. We also have specific precautions in procedural areas simply because we do not yet routinely clean with disinfectants.
Hope this helps, but I doubt it! 🙂Cheers
MichaelPS Apologies for any confusion to date over my multiple email addresses… have changed to this one now for ACIPC membership and this list.
Michael Wishart, CICP-E
Infection Control CoordinatorA 627 Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032
P (07) 3326 3068 | F (07) 3607 2226 | E michael.wishart@svha.org.au | W http://www.hsnph.org.au
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P Please consider the environment before printing this emailDear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing in their facilities
* Do you screen or not screen?
* If you screen, what patient population is screened?
* If you have stopped screening – Why?
* If you have stopped screening what is the impact on VRE infection rates?
* How are VRE positive patients managed?Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E| Nurse Manager | Infection Prevention & Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital, Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715 | mobile: 0408 487 197 | fax: 6777 5170 | email: fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au |
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_control________________________________
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HI Fiona,
Screening for haemodialysis patientsKHA-CARI draft haemodialysis infection
control guidelines (2017) were indicating that screening for VRE in haemodialysis
patients was no longer required.
However still waiting for these haemodialysis
infection control guidelines to be finalised and reposted on their website.We no longer routinely screen for VRE
in our dialysis clinics. We manage all patients with strict standard precautions
and strict aseptic technique.
No affect on our VRE infection rates,
which were previously rare anyway.
With best regards
Carolyn Chenoweth
Quality & Infection Prevention and Control Manager, Australia
Asia Pacific Quality & IPC SME. CICP
Fresenius Medical Care Australia Pty Ltd
Payneham Dialysis Clinic,
2 Portrush Road
PAYNEHAM 5070
Australia
T: +61 (0) 8 8165 4313
M: +61 (0) 407 810 800
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Date:
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VRE Management
Dear Brains Trust,
Our facility recently underwent accreditation
and there was surprise expressed at our ongoing screening of patients for
VRE, with verbal reports that a number of hospitals no longer routinely
screen for VRE.
I would like to know what people are doing
in their facilities- Do you screen or not screen?
- If you screen, what patient population
is screened? - If you have stopped screening Why?
- If you have stopped screening what is the
impact on VRE infection rates? - How are VRE positive patients managed?
Kind regards,
Fiona De Sousa CICP-E|
Nurse Manager |
Infection Prevention &
Control Unit
Launceston General Hospital,
Level 2, Launceston TAS 7250
phone: 6777 6715
| mobile: 0408
487 197 | fax:
6777 5170 | email:
fiona.de.sousa@ths.tas.gov.au
|
intranet: http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/intranet/thon/infection_control
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