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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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