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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