Abstract
We evaluated the impact of discontinuing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) screening and use of contact precautions on the incidence of health care-associated Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI) in acute teaching hospitals in Ontario, Canada. Among hospitals that stopped VRE screening and contact precaution measures, there was a significant change in HA-CDI rates after the discontinuation of practices (incidence rate ratios, 1.11; 95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.22). No change in rate was observed among hospitals that continued VRE control practices. Screening and use of contact precautions for VRE may provide hospitals additional advantages for broadened HA-CDI control and prevention.
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