Indication of carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) surveillance [8]
| Criteria of CRE surveillance |
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| 1. Patients with a history of CRE infection or colonization |
| 2. Contacts with an epidemiological association with a patient newly confirmed CRE infection or colonization (e.g., in the same hospital room or ward, etc.) |
| 3. Patients who have recently (e.g., within 6 months) been hospitalized at an same institution where CRE cases were confirmed or suspected |
| 4. High risk of CRE infection or colonization (e.g., Immunocompromised host, critical ill patients in ICU, solid organ transplant recipients, and hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients) |
Abbreviations: CRE, carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales; ICU, intensive care unit.
Korean J healthc assoc Infect Control Prev 2023;28:185~191 https://doi.org/10.14192/kjicp.2023.28.2.185
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