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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Long-Term—Care Facilities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2026

Kent Crossley and
Long-Term—Care Committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
Kent Crossley*
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
*
Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Education Service (142), 1 Veterans Dr, Minneapolis, MN 55417
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The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Committee on Long-Term Care decided in 1996 that there was need to develop a position document about vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in long-term—care facilities (LTCFs). This document is intended to complement the two previous position statements from our committee that discuss antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in LTCFs. It is designed to supplement Hospital Infection Control Practice Advisory Committee (HICPAC) recommendations and to provide realistic guidelines for the LTCF.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 19 , Issue 7 , July 1998, pp. 521 - 525
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1998

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