Table 3.
Support for strategies in a regional carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection prevention collaborative
| Percentage of respondents |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitely or possibly will support |
Uncertain | Definitely or possibly will not support |
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| Isolation and precautions of patients with CRE infection | ||||
| Single room isolation | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Place in contact precautions | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Active observation for hand hygiene and contact precautions adherence | 95 | 5 | 0 | |
| Active intra- and interfacility communication | ||||
| Communicate with treating registered nurse and physician, providing education on CRE and regional collaborative efforts | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Communicate with facilities receiving hospital patients about CRE status and regional collaborative to institute bundle | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Prevalence screening for CRE | ||||
| Perform annual 1-d prevalence screen for CRE among all patients in 1 intensive care unit and 1 nonintensive care unit | 71 | 10 | 19 | |
| Perform biannual 1-d prevalence screen for CRE among all patients in 1 intensive care unit and 1 nonintensive care unit | 43 | 38 | 19 | |
| Screening nearby patients | ||||
| Screen roommate of patient found to have CRE infection | 81 | 19 | 0 | |
| Screen neighboring rooms of patient found to have CRE infection | 38 | 48 | 14 | |
| CRE screening of patients from other facilities | ||||
| Screen all admitted from nursing home | 48 | 38 | 14 | |
| Screen all admitted from long-term acute care facilities | 48 | 38 | 14 | |
| Screen all transfers from acute care hospitals | 57 | 29 | 14 | |
| Daily chlorhexidine gluconate bathing for hospitalized patients with CRE infection | 86 | 14 | 0 | |