The impact of enhanced screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in an acute care hospital in South Korea.

Sun Hee ParkYunmi YiWoosuck SuhSeul Ki JiEunhee HanSoyoung Shin

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2023)

The enhanced screening program enabled us to identify previously unrecognized CPE patients in a rapid manner and curtailed a hospital-wide CPE outbreak. As CPE prevalence increases, risk factors for CPE colonization can broaden, and hospital prevention strategies should be tailored to the changing local CPE epidemiology.

Keyphrases

acute care
end stage renal disease
healthcare
risk factors
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
adverse drug
prognostic factors
quality improvement
peritoneal dialysis
klebsiella pneumoniae
pseudomonas aeruginosa
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
gram negative