1. Assessment of testing for and completeness of reporting of vancomycin-resistant enterococci - Connecticut, 1994
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Connecticut. Department of Public Health -- Standards ,Vancomycin -- Dosage and administration ,Drug resistance in microorganisms -- Diagnosis ,Bacterial infections -- Diagnosis ,Medical laboratories -- Surveys ,Hospital laboratories -- Surveys - Abstract
The Connecticut Dept of Health surveyed clinical laboratories in the state to determine what rate of laboratories that were equipped to test enterococci cultures for vancomycin resistance actually tested for it. The survey showed that 46 laboratories in the state had the ability to test isolates, but that only 33 routinely tested for vancomycin-susceptibility using different methods. The state decided to make reporting of positive findings of susceptibility a requirement in 1995 and standardized treatment of people who have an enterococci culture test positive for resistance., From 1989 through 1993, the proportion of enterococcal isolates resistant to vancomycin (VRE) reported to CDC's National Nosocomial infections Surveillance (NNIS) system increased from 0.3% to 7.9% (1). Since January [...]
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- 1996