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. 2016 Aug 11;71(12):3556–3561. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw309

Table 4.

Standard of care screens, and isolation (n = 4441)

Risk factors Number of approached patients with risk factor Patients in isolation [n (%)] Standard of care screening [n (%)]a
Number of patient with at least one risk factor (out of all approached patients) as defined by the PHE Toolkit8 2865 178 (6.2) 389 (13.6)
Non-UK residents 57 3 (5.3) 4 (7.0)
Overseas travel in the past 12 months 1455 71 (4.9) 151 (10.4)
Overnight hospital stay in the past 12 months
 GSTT 1381 112 (8.1) 330 (23.9)
 within M25 1644 129 (7.8) 377 (22.9)
 North-West 8 1 (12.5) 2 (25.0)
 any UK hospital (including London) 1862 142 (7.6) 443 (23.8)
 overseas hospital (CRE risk countries) 21 2 (9.5) 11 (52.4)
 overseas hospital (any country) 45 7 (15.6) 13 (28.9)

aWithin the first 48 h of admission.