Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5566792 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2016 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
With the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in our public hospitals, territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene before meals and medications for all conscious hospitalized patients reverted the rising VRE incidence of 16.5% per month (Pâ<â.001) to a reduction of -9.8% per month (Pâ<â.001). The outbreak rate reverted from an increasing trend of 10.5% per month (Pâ<â.001) to a decreasing trend of -13.3% per month (Pâ<â.001) between January 2011 and October 2015.
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Authors
Vincent C.C. MD, Josepha W.M. PhD, P.H. PhD, Christopher K.C. FRCPath, Vivien W.M. FRCPath, Simon Y.C. MSc, Sally C.Y. FRCPath, Jonathan H.K. PhD, P.L. MD, Dominic N.C. FRCPath, K.Y. MD,