Successful control of emerging vancomycin-resistant enterococci by territory-wide implementation of directly observed hand hygiene in patients in Hong Kong

Highlights • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are emerging in Hong Kong. • Directly observed hand hygiene–based infection control measures are implemented. • The burden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci was reduced by 83% and 97% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. • It is a simple and sustainable...

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Published in:American journal of infection control 2016-10, Vol.44 (10), p.1168-1171
Main Authors: Cheng, Vincent C.C., MD, Tai, Josepha W.M., PhD, Chau, P.H., PhD, Lai, Christopher K.C., FRCPath, Chuang, Vivien W.M., FRCPath, So, Simon Y.C., MSc, Wong, Sally C.Y., FRCPath, Chen, Jonathan H.K., PhD, Ho, P.L., MD, Tsang, Dominic N.C., FRCPath, Yuen, K.Y., MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial infections
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
directly observed hand hygiene
Disease control
Disease Outbreaks
Drug resistance
Gram-positive bacteria
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - prevention & control
Hand Hygiene
Hands
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Hospitals
Humans
Hygiene
Incidence
Infection Control
Infectious Disease
Nosocomial infections
Prospective Studies
Vancomycin - therapeutic use
Vancomycin Resistance
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - drug effects
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Summary:Highlights • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci are emerging in Hong Kong. • Directly observed hand hygiene–based infection control measures are implemented. • The burden of vancomycin-resistant enterococci was reduced by 83% and 97% at 12 and 24 months, respectively. • It is a simple and sustainable maneuver to reduce nosocomial transmission of vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
ISSN:0196-6553
1527-3296
DOI:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.03.050