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Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Irish critical care units: results of a pilot prevalence survey, June 2011.
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| Title: | Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Irish critical care units: results of a pilot prevalence survey, June 2011. |
| Authors: | Burns, K
Morris, D
Murchan, S
Cunney, R
Smyth, E
Power, M
Schaffer, K
Collins, C
Sheahan, A
Cormican, M
Fitzpatrick, F |
| Affiliation: | Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Critical Care Programme, Quality and Safety Directorate, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: burnskaren@yahoo.co.uk. |
| Citation: | Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Irish critical care units: results of a pilot prevalence survey, June 2011. 2012: J. Hosp. Infect. |
| Journal: | The Journal of hospital infection |
| Issue Date: | 10-Nov-2012 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/252470 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.09.015 |
| PubMed ID: | 23149057 |
| Abstract: | The epidemiology of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in Ireland is changing, with an increase in the number of reported cases in late 2010 and early 2011. Reported cases were predominantly linked to critical care units. In June 2011, a four-week national pilot survey took place in 40 Irish critical care units (37 adult and three paediatric) to examine the prevalence of rectal carriage of CPE and inform national CPE screening guidelines. A total of 760 screening swabs were taken over the study period, and CPE were not detected in any of the participating critical care units. |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| ISSN: | 1532-2939 |
| Appears in Collections: | National Clinical Programmes
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