Infection Control
Horizontal interventions (for all patients)
- Standard precautions including hand-hygiene
- Adherence to device insertion and maintenance bundles for prevention of device related infections (VAP/CLABI/CAUTI)
Vertical Interventions (for patients infected or colonized with CRE, CRAP, CRPA)
- Isolating these patients or cohorting (if many patients with same organism) into a single room or separate area
- Following contact precautions as per WHO guidelines
- Active surveillance (rectal samples) to look for CRE and subsequently isolating these patients can be done as a part of hospital policy to mitigate the spread of such organisms