Antibiotic Therapy
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)
Carbapenems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Contact Precautions
Disease Transmission
Gloves and Other Personal Protective Equipment
Hand Hygiene and Antisepsis
Healthcare-Acquired Infections
Infection Prevention
Instrument Reprocessing
Isolation Precautions
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Standard Precautions
Transmission-Based Precautions
Growing National Concerns about Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE
March 8, 2013 — A number of recent newspaper reports have highlighted the growing threat for patients in hospitals, long-term acute care facilities, and nursing homes of the increasing resistance…