Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care

Publication date: Available online 8 October 2019Source: American Journal of Infection ControlAuthor(s): Katherine D. Ellingson, Brie N. Noble, Dat Tran, Genevieve L. Buser, Christopher D. Pfeiffer, P. Maureen Cassidy, Rebecca Pierce, Zintars G. Beldavs, Jon P. FurunoIn 2014, Oregon implemented an interfacility transfer communication law requiring notification of multidrug-resistant organism status on patient transfer. Based on 2015 and 2016 statewide facility surveys, compliance was 77% and 87% for hospitals, and 67% and 68% for skilled nursing facilities. Methods for complying with the rule were heterogeneous, and fewer than half of all facilities surveyed reported use of a standardized interfacility transfer communication form to assess a patient's multidrug-resistant organism status on transfer.
Source: American Journal of Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research