TY - JOUR AU - Weterings, Veronica AU - van Oosten, Anita AU - Nieuwkoop, Ellen AU - Nelson, Jolande AU - Voss, Andreas AU - Wintermans, Bas AU - van Lieshout, Joris AU - Kluytmans, Jan AU - Veenemans, Jacobien PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/18 TI - Management of a hospital-wide vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium outbreak in a Dutch general hospital, 2014–2017: successful control using a restrictive screening strategy JO - Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control SP - 38 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - The emergence of vancomycin resistant enterococci poses a major problem in healthcare settings. Here we describe a hospital-wide outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a general hospital in The Netherlands in the period December 2014–February 2017. Due to late detection of the outbreak, a large cohort of approximately 25,000 (discharged) patients was classified as ‘VRE suspected’. Hereupon a mitigated screening and isolation policy, as compared with the national guideline, was implemented to control the outbreak. SN - 2047-2994 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00906-x DO - 10.1186/s13756-021-00906-x ID - Weterings2021 ER -