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VRE (Vancomycin-resistant enterococci ) Rates
What is VRE?
Enterococci are germs that live in the gastrointestinal tract (bowels) of most individuals and generally do not cause harm (this is called “colonization”). Enterococci can cause infections in other parts of the body outside the bowel, most commonly urinary tract infections. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are strains of enterococci that are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin. At Mount Sinai Hospital, we screen patients to detect colonization with VRE regularly, to help prevent VRE infections.
VRE Bacteraemia Rate
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Reporting
Period |
Jul. 1- Sep. 30 2016 |
Apr. 1- Jun. 30 2016 |
Jan. 1- Mar. 31 2016 |
Oct. 1- Dec. 31 2015 |
Jul. 1- Sep. 30 2015 |
Apr 1- Jun. 30 2015 |
Jan 1- Mar. 31 2015 |
Oct 1- Dec. 31 2014 |
Jul 1- Sep. 30 2014 |
Apr 1- Jun. 30 2014 |
Jan 1- Mar. 31 2014 |
Oct 1- Dec. 31 2013 |
July 1- Sep. 30 2013 |
Apr. 1- Jun. 30 2013 |
Jan. 1 - Mar. 30 2013 |
Apr. 1 - Jun. 30 2012 |
Jul. 1 - Sep. 30 2012 |
Oct. 1 - Dec. 31 2012 |
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Case count |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | less than 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | less than 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | less than 5 | |||||||||||
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Rate per 1000 days |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | |||||||||||
What are we doing to prevent VRE?
- Hand hygiene program
- Mandatory annual staff education
- Screening program to test patients for VRE
- Programs for patient management to reduce spread of infection such as the use of private room accommodation and additional patient care precautions
- Ongoing education and monitoring of environmental cleaning practices
- Participation in national surveillance and research.
