Here are four recommendations for healthcare providers and facilities from the health alert, issued June 13.
1. Healthcare providers should follow the CDC’s Standard and Contact Precautions for any patient colonized or infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
2. Facilities should follow manufacturers’ instructions for device cleaning and reprocessing.
3. Healthcare facilities should make sure rooms where patients with antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections stayed receive thorough daily and terminal cleaning.
4. If a healthcare facility or lab identifies bacteria with the mcr-1 gene, the entity should follow local reporting requirements and notify local or state authorities, clinicians caring for the patient and the infection control staff as soon as possible,
More articles on antibiotic resistance:
NQF, CDC release practical antibiotic stewardship playbook: 6 things to know
Pond-dwelling virus may combat antibiotic resistance
Harvard team publishes plan for discovering new antibiotics, combating resistance
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