Assay

Carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriacease (CPE) Screen

Key Words

CPE

Specimen Collection

Swab in transport media

Turnaround Time

3 days

Test Indications

Carbapenem are antibiotics of last resort in infection by gram negative bacteria. The isolation of a clinical CPE isolate prompts the Infection Prevention &Control Team to screen all possible patient contacts to reduce the transmission of resistance enzymes within the Trust.

Limitation/Interference

N/A

Reference Range

N/A

Analytical Error

N/A

Reference Change Value

N/A