Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care

Katherine D. Ellingson; Brie N. Noble; Dat Tran; Genevieve L. Buser; Christopher D. Pfeiffer; P. Maureen Cassidy; Rebecca Pierce; Zintars G. Beldavs; Jon P. Furuno

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.025

Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care

Katherine D. Ellingson, Brie N. Noble, Dat Tran, Genevieve L. Buser, Christopher D. Pfeiffer, P. Maureen Cassidy, Rebecca Pierce, Zintars G. Beldavs, Jon P. Furuno

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Abstract

In 2014, Oregon implemented an interfacility transfer communication law requiring notification of multidrug-resistant organism status on patient transfer. Based on 2015 and 2016 statewide facility surveys, compliance was 77% and 87% for hospitals, and 67% and 68% for skilled nursing facilities. Methods for complying with the rule were heterogeneous, and fewer than half of all facilities surveyed reported use of a standardized interfacility transfer communication form to assess a patient's multidrug-resistant organism status on transfer.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	451-453
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	48
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.025
State	Published - Apr 2020

Keywords

Hospitals
Interfacility communication
MDRO
Nursing homes

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Ellingson, K. D., Noble, B. N., Tran, D., Buser, G. L., Pfeiffer, C. D., Cassidy, P. M., Pierce, R., Beldavs, Z. G., & Furuno, J. P. (2020). Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care. American Journal of Infection Control, 48(4), 451-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.08.025

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Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care

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