VRE Infection Control Policy Introduction Epidemiology VRE Prevention & Control Reservoirs Inpatient Control Measures Identification Contact Precautions Patient Care Equipment Patient Transport Cleaning/Disinfection Antibiotic Usage Discharge/Transfer/Home Care Outpatient Control Measures Discontinuation of Isolation Precautions Surveillance/Outbreak Control Return to IC Guidelines Select Chapter: Chapters Standard Airborne Droplet Contact Disease List Occ. Exposure TB Prevention Sterilization IC Guidelines Reportable Dis. General Info Search Manual: Yale New Haven Hospital QISS GB 325 New Haven, CT 06504 USA Dr. Jeff Topal 688-4634

Inpatient Control Measures Usage and Control of Antibiotics The inappropriate or excessive use of all antibiotics should be discouraged as almost all classes of antibiotics have been implicated as a risk factor for VRE. In particular, the use of vancomycin and third generation cephalosporins should be limited. Last modified: December 20, 2000. Copyright ©2001 Yale New Haven Hospital, Quality Improvement Support Services. All rights reserved. Comments or suggestions to the site editor. Home URL: http://www.ynhh.org