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Pilot Testing of an Out-of-Country Medical Care Questionnaire with Screening and Cost Analysis of Preemptive Isolation for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in a Large Canadian Health Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Nipunie Rajapakse ,
Joseph Vayalumkal ,
Debbie Lam-Li ,
Craig Pearce ,
Gwynne Rees ,
Linda Kamhuka ,
Gisele Peirano ,
Corrinne Pidhorney ,
Donna Ledgerwood  and
Nancy Alfieri
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Nipunie Rajapakse
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joseph Vayalumkal
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Debbie Lam-Li
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Craig Pearce
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gwynne Rees
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Linda Kamhuka
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Gisele Peirano
Affiliation:
Calgary Lab Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Corrinne Pidhorney
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Donna Ledgerwood
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Nancy Alfieri
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Karen Hope
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Dan Gregson
Affiliation:
Calgary Lab Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Johann Pitout
Affiliation:
Calgary Lab Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Thomas Louie
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
John Conly*
Affiliation:
Infection Prevention and Control, Alberta Health Services—Calgary Zone (Alberta Children's Hospital, Foothills Medical Centre, Peter Lougheed Centre, Rockyview General Hospital), Calgary, Alberta, Canada Calgary Lab Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*
Foothills Medical Centre, 1403-29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada ([email protected])
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 4: Special Topic Issue: Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms , April 2014 , pp. 450 - 451
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2014

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