Reduction in Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus after Enforcement of Routine Environmental Cleaning Measures
Clinical Infectious DiseasesPublished 2 May 2006
Mary K. Hayden, Marc J. M. Bonten, Donald Blom, Elizabeth A. Lyle, David van de Vijver, Robert A. Weinstein
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Investigating the effects of improved environmental cleaning with and without promotion of hand hygiene adherence on the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci as a marker organism found decreased in period 2 and remained low thereafter, suggesting decreasing environmental contamination may help to control thespread of some antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals.
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Decreasing environmental contamination may help to control the spread of some antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals.
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