A silent outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal intensive care unit

ConclusionOur study highlights the importance of screening implementation in a NICU setting since this outbreak could have been prevented by active screening of all out-born transfer patients and by having adopted mandatory screening into the NICU ’s routine procedures. Screening for multi-drug resistant organisms upon admission of all transferred patients to the NICU has been implemented.
Source: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research