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


VRE Prevention and Control

Aggressive infection control measures and strict compliance by hospital personnel are required to limit the nosocomial spread of VRE. Control of VRE is a collaborative multidisciplinary effort by the entire institution in order to identify the specific problems in hospital operations and design which facilitate VRE transmission and to evaluate the efficacy of control measures.

Systems must be established for monitoring appropriate process and outcome measures for the control of VRE. Such data must be relayed to the clinical, administrative, laboratory, and support staff as reinforcement to ongoing education and control efforts.

Last modified: December 20, 2000.