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Distribution of Organisms Attributed as the Reason for Initiating Precautions
| Distribution of Reasons for Precautions | |
|---|---|
| Organism | Frequency (N = 5628) (%) |
| MRSA | 2063 (36.7) |
| VRE | 1483 (26.4) |
| Other | 847 (15.0) |
| MRSA and VRE | 548 (9.7) |
| Clostridioides difficile | 322 (5.7) |
| Multidrug-resistant gram-negative rod | 219 (3.9) |
| Missing | 142 (2.5) |
| Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 4 (0.0) |
Abbreviations: MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
