Duration of carriage of multidrug resistant Enterobacterales in discharged hospital and general practice patients and factors associated with clearance.

Objectives: Dutch guidelines recommend contact precautions in patients with multidrug resistant microorganisms cultured during the previous 12 months. To evaluate this policy, duration of carriage of multidrug resistant was assessed among discharged hospital patients and patients attending their general practitioner (GP). Additionally, we assessed factors associated with clearance.