(Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus)

VRE Bacteraemia Infection Rates Reporting
Hospitals will post their rates and case counts of new VRE bacteraemia acquired in their facility on their website every three months (quarterly), and will also report their data to the Ministry of Health through an online template captured by a central database

What is bacteraemia?
Bacteraemia is the presence of bacteria in the blood stream and is referred to as a bloodstream infection.

What is Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus?
Enterococcus is a bacteria that can live in the gastrointestinal tract (bowels) of most individuals and generally do not cause harm (this is termed “colonization”). VRE can survive well on hands and can survive for weeks on objects such as toilet seats, taps, door handles, bedrails, furniture and bedpans. VRE can be killed with the proper use of disinfectants and good hygiene.

How is the rate calculated?

Formulae: (# of cases    # of patient days)    1000 = VRE Bacteraemia Rate

The “patient days” represents the sum of the number of days during which services were provided to all inpatients during the given period. This rate represents the incidence rate of hospital-acquired VRE Bacteraemia associated with the reporting facility per 1000 patient days.

What is the rate at AHI?

What is the rate at TDMH?