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 2025-2026 | |||||||||
Q1 – Apr to Jun | <5 | 60,751 | 0.03 | <5 | 58,351 | 0.07 | 0 | 6,083 | 0.00 |
Q2 – Jul to Sep | <5 | 61,487 | 0.02 | <5 | 59,816 | 0.07 | 0 | 6,264 | 0.00 |
Q3 – Oct to Dec | <5 | 62,895 | 0.02 | 9 | 59,749 | 0.15 | 0 | 6,156 | 0.00 |
Q4 – Jan to Mar | 0 | 61,593 | 0.00 | <5 | 58,810 | 0.02 | 0 | 5,862 | 0.00 |