Facility- and patient-level factors associated with implementation of contact precautions in hospitalized VA patients with positive CRE cultures

• Main Authors: Geneva M. Wilson (Author), Margaret Fitzpatrick (Author), Katie J. Suda (Author), Linda Poggensee (Author), Makoto Jones (Author), Martin E. Evans (Author), Charlesnika T. Evans (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Decreasing the time to contact precautions (CP) is critical to carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) prevention. Identifying factors associated with delayed CP can decrease the spread from patients with CRE. In this study, a shorter length of stay was associated with being placed in CP within...