[Katherine Dwan]

Hi Barbara, we isolate all provisional and confirmed cases of VRE in Single rooms under CONTACT PRECATUIONS – we are lucky as the majority of our beds are in private rooms. Cheers Katie

Katie Dwan| Infection Prevention & Control Co-ordinator
St Vincent’s Hospital Toowoomba | 22-36 Scott Street TOOWOOMBA 4350
T 07 4690 4042| F 07 4690 4400 E katie.dwan@stvincents.org.au | W http://www.stvincents.org.au

Hello,
My managers have asked me to review our current practices of isolating VRE positive patients. This is mainly due to the limited number of single rooms within our facility. I am interested to know how you manage patients who have a positive VRE screen, whether you isolate or not, what risk assessments you undertake to determine as to whether to isolate or not and whether you have introduced a yoghurt regime for these patients and how you then manage these patients.

Thanking you in advance,
Barbara

Barbara May
CNC Infection Control
Hastings Macleay Clinical Network
Ph. 0255242061
Mo. 0402890677

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