Infection Control Manual, VRE Infection Control Policy

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
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Yale New Haven Hospital
QISS
GB 325
New Haven, CT
06504 USA

Dr. Jeff Topal
688-4634


Inpatient Control Measures

Identification of VRE + Patients
When VRE is isolated from a patient specimen (colonization or infection), the patient must be place on Contact Precautions. The patient's clinician upon receipt of such culture results should initiate Contact Precautions by entering the order for Contact Precautions into CCSS and placing a note in the H&P section which documents the need for Contact Precautions. HEIC reviews inpatient microbiology data daily and will notify the appropriate floor/nurse to place the patient on Contract Precautions if VRE has been isolated from a clinical specimen. A Contact Precautions sign must be placed on the door of the patient's room and on the outside of the patient's medical record.

Last modified: December 20, 2000.