Association between excreta management and extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae incidence rate: Role of health-care worker’s knowledge and practices

ConclusionsHCWs’ practices for managing excreta positively correlated with ESBL-PE incidence, especially in surgical units. Public health efforts to enhance knowledge and practices of HCWs urgently need to be developed and integrated, within infection control programs, to better control the spread of multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Source: Journal of Hospital Infection - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research