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Article DOI: 10.1086/501874
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/501874
Reality Check: Should We Try to Detect and Isolate Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci Patients? • 
Belinda Ostrowsky , MD, MPH, James T. Steinberg , MD, Barry Farr , MD, MS, Annette H. Sohn , MD, Ronda L. Sinkowitz‐Cochran , MPH and William R. Jarvis , MD
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 22, No. 2 (February 2001), pp. 116-119
Article DOI: 10.1086/501874
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/501874
From the 4th Decennial International Conference

Reality Check: Should We Try to Detect and Isolate Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci Patients?

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Antimicrobial resistance, including vancomycin resistance in enterococci (VRE), is a growing problem in healthcare facilities. This “Reality Check” session focused on the question of whether we should try to detect and isolate patients colonized or infected with VRE.

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  • Reality Check: Should We Try to Detect and Isolate Vancomycin‐Resistant Enterococci Patients?
  • Belinda Ostrowsky , MD, MPH, James T. Steinberg , MD, Barry Farr , MD, MS, Annette H. Sohn , MD, Ronda L. Sinkowitz‐Cochran , MPH and William R. Jarvis , MD
  • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
  • Vol. 22, No. 2 (February 2001) (pp. 116-119)

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Belinda Ostrowsky , MD, MPH; James T. Steinberg , MD; Barry Farr , MD, MS; Annette H. Sohn , MD; Ronda L. Sinkowitz‐Cochran , MPH; William R. Jarvis , MD

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From the Hospital Infections Program (Drs. Ostrowsky, Sohn, and Jarvis; Ms. Sinkowitz‐Cochran), National Center for Infectious Diseases; Epidemic Intelligence Service (Drs. Ostrowsky and Sohn), Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, Georgia; Division of Infectious Diseases (Dr. Steinberg), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; University of Virginia Health Science Center (Dr. Farr), Charlottesville, Virginia.Address reprint requests to Belinda Ostrowsky, MD, MPH, Associate Hospital Epidemiologist/Assistant Professor Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus, West Hospital, 1200 East Broad St, PO Box 980019, Richmond, VA 23298‐0019.Dr. Ostrowsky currently is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.00‐SX‐186. Ostrowsky B, Steinberg JT, Farr B, Sohn AH, Sinkowitz‐Cochran RL, Jarvis WR. Reality check: should we try to detect and isolate vancomycin‐resistant enterococci patients? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2001;22:116‐119.

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