Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC position paper

Adam L. Cohen; David Calfee; Scott K. Fridkin; Susan S. Huang; John A. Jernigan; Ebbing Lautenbach; Shannon Oriola; Keith M. Ramsey; Cassandra D. Salgado; Robert A. Weinstein

doi:10.1086/591741

Recommendations for metrics for multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings: SHEA/HICPAC position paper

Adam L. Cohen
, David Calfee
, Scott K. Fridkin
, Susan S. Huang
, John A. Jernigan
, Ebbing Lautenbach
, Shannon Oriola
, Keith M. Ramsey
, Cassandra D. Salgado
, Robert A. Weinstein

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Abstract

The assessment of MDRO infection and colonization should include the identification of known carriers, the detection of hospital-specific and healthcare-associated acquisition, an estimation of the burden of serious infection, an understanding of the reservoir affecting the transmission of MDROs, and an evaluation of the effect of intervention. Several strategies can be used to obtain data that aid in this assessment. We have defined and categorized the recommended metrics for each of these aspects of measuring MDRO infection and colonization, for use by healthcare facilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	901-913
Number of pages	13
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	29
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/591741
State	Published - Oct 2008

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