Electronic evaluation of infection risk from room environment and prior room occupants: the transmission from room environment events (TREE) measure
Date:
12/12/2024
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Citation:
Rock C, Hsu YJ, Milstone AM, Salinas AB, Maragakis L, Kwon N, Cosgrove SE, Simner PJ, Virk Z, Vorsteg AH, Klein E; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Prevention Epicenters and MInD Programs. Electronic evaluation of infection risk from room environment and prior room occupants: the transmission from room environment events (TREE) measure. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 12:1-4. doi: 10.1017/ice.2024.194. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39664013.
Abstract
Over a 2-year period, we identified Transmission from Room Environment Events (TREE) across the Johns Hopkins Health System, where the subsequent room occupant developed the same organism with the same antimicrobial susceptibilities as the patient who had previously occupied that room. Overall, the TREE rate was 50/100,000 inpatient days.