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Multicenter Study
. 2018 Sep;39(9):1115-1117.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.153. Epub 2018 Jul 24.

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

Alicia Shugart  1 , Maroya Spalding Walters  1 , Lindsey M Weiner  1 , David Lonsway  1 , Alexander J Kallen  1
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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

Alicia Shugart et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Sep.

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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