A study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore shows that a coordinated regional effort among hospitals can reduce carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections by more than 75% in healthcare facilities, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.
Researchers found that without increased infection control efforts, CRE would become endemic in some areas' healthcare facilities within 10 years.
However, implementing interventions from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s CRE toolkit could cut its spread in half.
The coordinated approach described in the study involved all healthcare facilities in a region sharing CRE test results with each other and a central authority.
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