CRE - it’s a nasty bugger..
#1 way to stop the spread of disease in hospitals? Hand washing. I have never seen a RN and rarely a MD wash their hands before an examination. I also wonder how often that stethoscope is scrubbed, along with the BP cuffs.
Scroll down for the KPC-producing chart. Every state but Idaho. Yikes.
“But environmental cultures also identified CP-CRE on an emergency department environmental services cart and in a floor sink drain in a closet in the involved medical surgical ward.”
Hospitals carry so many germs. It’s truly worrisome that the one place we go for care is the same place that can cause terrible illnesses.