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. 2016 Jan;37(1):107-9.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2015.251. Epub 2015 Oct 21.

A Successful Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Reduction Bundle at a Singapore Hospital

Dale Fisher  1 , Long Pang  2 , Sharon Salmon  3 , Raymond T P Lin  1 , Cathrine Teo  3 , Paul Tambyah  1 , Roland Jureen  4 , Alex R Cook  2 , Jonathan A Otter  5
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A Successful Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Reduction Bundle at a Singapore Hospital

Dale Fisher et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

We report a reduction in the vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) rate from a peak of 1.5 cases per 1,000 admissions (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0-2.1) in August 2012 to 0.5 per 1,000 admissions (95% CI: 0.3-1.0) by January 2015, associated with a bundle of interventions. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;37(1):107-109.

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