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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Cessation of Rectal Screening for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital from Türkiye.

Gülçin Telli Dizman, Gökhan Metan, Pınar Zarakolu, Elif Seren Tanrıverdi, Gülşen Hazırolan, Hanife Aytaç Ak, Dilek Kılınçarslan, Mertcan Uzun, Başak Çelik Kavaklılar, Zafer Arık and 2 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gülçin Telli DizmanDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0001-8195-3345
Gökhan MetanDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-2676-4557
Pınar ZarakoluDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-4918-4085
Elif Seren TanrıverdiMolecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, İnönü University, Malatya 44280, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-0449-0356
Gülşen HazırolanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-4546-9729
Hanife Aytaç AkInfection Control Committee, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0009-0006-4107-7911
Dilek KılınçarslanInfection Control Committee, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.
Mertcan UzunDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1996-6828
Başak Çelik KavaklılarDepartment of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-3660-6066
Zafer ArıkDepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-0598-389X
Barış OtluMolecular Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, İnönü University, Malatya 44280, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-6220-0521
Serhat ÜnalDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-1184-4711
Hacettepe University · TRHacettepe University Hospital · TRInonu University · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveHere, we compared the impact of different polices on the epidemiology of Vancomycin-resistant MATERIAL AND

methodsAll patients who were hospitalized in high-risk units were screened weekly for VRE colonization via rectal swab between January 2006 and January 2013. After January 2013, VRE screening was only performed in cases of suspicion of VRE outbreak and during point prevalence studies to evaluate the epidemiology of VRE colonization. Contact precautions were in place for all VRE-positive patients. The incidence density rates of hospital-acquired (HA)-VRE-BSIs were compared between two periods.

resultsWhile the rate of VRE colonization was higher in the second period (5% vs. 9.5% (

conclusionScreening policies should be dynamic and individualized according to the epidemiology of VRE as well as the workforce and cost. Periodical rectal screening of VRE can be discontinued if suspicion of an outbreak can be carefully monitored.

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outbreakrectal screeningsurveillancevancomycin-resistant Enterococci

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