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Lee, Rosie
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Lee, Rosie

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Hi Barbara

As you know out here in the west we have a very stringent program.
Despite the limited number of single rooms in my facility we still
continue to isolate patients or cohort under contact precautions. These
patients are never cleared as there is no evidence that clearance can be
achieved. When these patients are placed on antibiotics, they often
revert back to VRE being detected despite many negative screens. One of
the highest risk factor for an outbreak and spread is diarrhoea so if
you are pressed for rooms and a decision, I would insist on someone with
diarrhoea being isolated.

Regards

Rosie

Rosie Lee
RN. BSc. CICP

Coordinator – Infection Prevention & Management
SMH Service – Royal Perth Hospital

Ph + 61 8 9224 2805 Fax + 61 8 9224 1989

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Behalf Of May, Barbara

Hello,

My managers have asked me to review our current practices of isolating
VRE positive patients. This is mainly due to the limited number of
single rooms within our facility. I am interested to know how you
manage patients who have a positive VRE screen, whether you isolate or
not, what risk assessments you undertake to determine as to whether to
isolate or not and whether you have introduced a yoghurt regime for
these patients and how you then manage these patients.

Thanking you in advance,

Barbara

Barbara May

CNC Infection Control

Hastings Macleay Clinical Network

Ph. 0255242061

Mo. 0402890677

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