Admission screening and cohort care decrease carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae in Vietnamese pediatric ICU's.

Objectives: To assess if admission screening for Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) and cohort care can reduce CRE acquisition (CRE colonization during hospital stay), Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI), hospital-stay, mortality, and costs in three Intensive Care Units (ICU's) at the Vietnamese National Children's Hospital.

Method: CRE screening using rectal swabs and ChromIDCarbas elective culture at admission and if CRE negative, once weekly. Patients were treated in cohorts based on CRE colonization status.