Natural History of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in a New Military Medical Facility

Abstract

The overarching goal of this multi-year study is to utilize a rare opportunity to study the origins and evolution of environmental contamination with five multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) and Clostridium difficile de-novo on an epidemiologic clean slate before the opening of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, MD, and DeWitt Army Community Hospital (DACH), Ft Belvoir, VA. Both are projected to open September 2011. Secondly, it is to compare the trajectory of contamination at WRNMMC, which is based on conventional construction methods, to analogous areas in DACHa facility constructed using evidence-based design optimized for patient safety, including infection prevention and control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA553151

Entities

People

  • Emil Lesho

Organizations

  • Geneva Foundation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Clinical Laboratories
  • Clostridium
  • Communities
  • Construction
  • Contamination
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Gel Electrophoresis
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Infection
  • Infection Control
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Medicine
  • Natural History
  • Pathogenic Bacteria
  • Wound Infections

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Microbial Pathology