Name | Value |
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ABBREVIATION | VRE |
NAME | Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus |
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DESCRIPTION | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) is a pathogen of increasing parameter set-up is to identify a patient's current or prior history of VRE based on laboratory reporting and the time frames that are entered to search for the patient's status. This information can optionally be displayed on the Isolation Report. This includes cultures positive for prevalence and surveillance review, including specimens of stool and rectal swabs. It is important to search for all vancomycin resistant enterococci, whether speciated or not. It is important to be sure to list all the places in the Microbiology Laboratory package where Enterococcus are found, either as Enterococcus, E. (sp.), Group D-Streptococcus, E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. durans, E. gallinarum, E. casseliflavus, etc. importance for healthcare facilities. Enterococcus is a bacterium that The laboratory parameter setup for the MDRO Program Tools should match the same parameter setup for the EPI (Emerging Pathogens Initiative). If changes are made to how Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus is reported it should also be changed in EPI parameter setup. lives in the intestinal tract and in the female genital tract. Vancomycin is an antibiotic that is often used to treat infections caused by enterococci, and recently enterococci have become resistant to this drug. Most VRE infections occur in the hospital. NOTE: Adding Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus to the MDRO Tools Lab Parameter Setup is optional. The purpose of adding this pathogen to the |