High adherence to national IPC guidelines as key to sustainable VRE control in Swiss hospitals: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) are on the rise in many European hospitals. In 2018, Switzerland experienced its largest nosocomial VRE outbreak. The national center for infection prevention (Swissnoso) elaborated recommendations for controlling this outbreak and published guidelines to prevent epidemic and endemic VRE spread. The primary goal of this study was to evaluate adherence to this new guideline and its potential impact on the VRE epidemiology in Swiss acute care hospitals.

Methods

In March 2020, Swissnoso distributed a survey among all Swiss acute care hospitals. The level of adherence as well as changes of infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies in the years 2018 and 2019 after publication of the national guidelines were asked along wit

SUBMITTER: Vuichard-Gysin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795934 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature