A dedicated program to enhance shared patient equipment cleaning and use of personal protective equipment: Role in control of a CPE outbreak

摘要

ID consultation was associated with a better management of patients with staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection. Routine ID consultation should be recommended for patients with S. aures bloodstream infection. Introduction: Over a two month period, it was noticed that patients transferred from a district hospital to an acute hospital in London were found to be colonised with an OXA-48 Klebsiella pneumonia having previ- ously screened negative. A more sensitive laboratory testing methodology in the acute hospital identified these previously undetected cases of OXA-48 carriage, thus resulting in an ‘outbreak’ scenario. A Quality Improvement (QI) process was implemented to manage the outbreak.