Facility- and patient-level factors associated with implementation of contact precautions in hospitalized VA patients with positive CRE cultures.
Geneva M WilsonMargaret FitzpatrickKatie J SudaLinda PoggenseeMakoto JonesMartin E EvansCharlesnika T EvansPublished in: Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE (2024)
Decreasing the time to contact precautions (CP) is critical to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) prevention. Identifying factors associated with delayed CP can decrease the spread from patients with CRE. In this study, a shorter length of stay was associated with being placed in CP within 3 days.