Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)
VRE stands for vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Vancomycin is an antibiotic used to treat infections. Enterococcus is a common bacterium that is normally found in the lower intestine. Sometimes people develop infections with this bacterium and require treatment. Only a few antibiotics can effectively treat enterococcal infections, and one of them is vancomycin. If the enterococcus bacterium develops resistance to vancomycin (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus), the antibiotic vancomycin will not be able to destroy the bacteria. There are other antibiotics that will treat VRE infections.
VRE rates at The Ottawa Hospital
Civic Campus | General Campus | The Rehabilitation Centre | |||||||
| Quarterly | Nosoc. Cases | *Pt Days | Incidence per 1000 pt days | Nosoc. Cases | *Pt Days | Incidence per 1000 pt days | Nosoc. Cases | *Pt Days | Incidence per 1000 pt days |
Fiscal Year 2026-2027 | |||||||||
Q1 – Apr to Jun | 2 | 56,706 | 0.04 | 5 | 57,409 | 0.09 | 0 | 5,812 | 0.00 |
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