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Hospital microbiology laboratory practices for Enterobacteriaceae: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) annual survey, 2015 and 2016

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2018

Alicia Shugart ,
Maroya Spalding Walters Open the ORCID record for Maroya Spalding Walters [Opens in a new window] ,
Lindsey M. Weiner ,
David Lonsway  and
Alexander J. Kallen
Alicia Shugart*
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Maroya Spalding Walters
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Lindsey M. Weiner
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
David Lonsway
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Alexander J. Kallen
Affiliation:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Author for correspondence: Alicia Shugart, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Roybal Campus, 1600 Clifton Road, MS A31, Atlanta, GA 30329. E-mail: ashugart@cdc.gov
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Abstract

We analyzed clinical microbiology laboratory practices for detection of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae in US short-stay acute-care hospitals using data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Annual Facility Survey. Half of hospitals reported testing for carbapenemases, and 1% performed routine polymyxin susceptibility testing using reference broth microdilution.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 9 , September 2018 , pp. 1115 - 1117
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: Similar data for calendar years 2014 and 2015 have been presented: Shugart A, Weiner LM, Lonsway D, et al. Hospital Microbiology Laboratory Practices: CDC NHSN Annual Survey, 2014 and 2015. In addition, an oral presentation of these data was given at the SHEA Annual Conference 2017 on March 29, 2017, in St Louis, Missouri.

Cite this article: Shugart A, et al. (2018). Hospital microbiology laboratory practices for Enterobacteriaceae: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) annual survey, 2015 and 2016. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 2018, 39, 1115–1117. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.153

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