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Active screening and patient-placement and cohort-placement strategies to decrease carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli colonization and infection in pediatric patients: A 5-year retrospective observational study in China.

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Carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli (CR-GNB) colonization screening was initiated across high-risk departments (PICU, NICU, neonatal wards, and hematology departments) in January 2017, and several CR-GNB cohort and patient-placement strategies were introduced… Click to show full abstract

Carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli (CR-GNB) colonization screening was initiated across high-risk departments (PICU, NICU, neonatal wards, and hematology departments) in January 2017, and several CR-GNB cohort and patient-placement strategies were introduced throughout the hospital in January 2018. The colonization and infection rates decreased to varying degrees from 2017 to 2021.

Keywords: carbapenem resistant; colonization; placement; infection; resistant gram; gram negative

Journal Title: Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Year Published: 2023

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