Changes in isolation guidelines for CPE patients results in only mild reduction in required hospital beds
Our analysis showed that while the changes result in modest savings in the need for dedicated isolation rooms, they could reduce the duration of time individual patients spend in isolation by up to three weeks. However, ongoing investments to expand isolation capacity would still be required to accommodate the rising incidence of CPE.
Authors
- Benjamin P. Howden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-1473)
- Andrew J. Stewardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6805-1224)
- David Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5075-5482)
- Charlie Higgs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7364-7380)
- Daneeta Hennessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2384-6618)
- Claire L. Gorrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2637-2529)
- Michael Lydeamore (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6515-827X)
- Tjibbe Donker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9022-4240)
- Ben S. Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9445-7217)
- Nicholas Geard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0069-2281)
- Anton Y. Peleg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2296-2126)
- A. S. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1346-937X)
- Marion Easton
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Government of Victoria (AU)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Peter Doherty Institute (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Disease & Health
- Published
- 2024-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2024.10.004
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Health, State Government of Victoria
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council