The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Eili Y. Klein; Katie K Tseng; Jeremiah S. Hinson; Katherine E Goodman; Aria Smith; Matt Toerper; Joe Amoah; Pranita D. Tamma; Scott Levin; Aaron M. Milstone

doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa056

doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa056

The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

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Open Forum Infectious Diseases4.20

Volume: 7, Issue: 3

Published: Feb 15, 2020

Abstract

User- and time-stamped data from hospital electronic health records (EHRs) present opportunities to evaluate how healthcare worker (HCW)-mediated contact networks impact transmission of multidrug-resistant pathogens, such as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE).This is a retrospective analysis of incident acquisitions of VRE between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2018. Clinical and demographic patient data were extracted from the hospital EHR...

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Title

The Role of Healthcare Worker-Mediated Contact Networks in the Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

DOI

doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa056

Published Date

Feb 15, 2020

Journal

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volume

7

Issue

3

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