Canada Communicable Disease Report
- Supplement
Volume: 23S8
December 1997
INFECTION CONTROL GUIDELINES
Preventing the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
(VRE) in Canada
Introductory
Statement
Table of Contents
List of Participants
Overview of VRE
Epidemiology of VRE
Microbiology of Enterococci
Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococci
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Enterococci
Risk Factors for VRE
VRE Guidelines Overview
Guidelines for Preventing the Spread of VRE
(adapted from HICPAC)
- Judicious Use of Vancomycin
- Educational Program
- Enhancing the Detection and Reporting of
VRE in the Microbiology Laboratory
- Infection Control Precautions to Prevent
the Transmission of VRE in the Health Care Setting
RECOMMENDATIONS
Bibliography
Appendix - Guideline Rating System
VRE Working Group
Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee
and
Division of Nosocomial and Occupational Infections
Bureau of Infectious Diseases
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Health Protection Branch
Health Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
[Previous]
[Table of Contents] [Next]
|