The Role of the Environment in Transmission of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus: A Proof-of-concept Study

Charlie Tan MD1a, Amber Linkenheld-Struk MLT, CIC2a, Victoria Williams MPH2, Rob Kozak PhD2, Ghulam Dhabaan MSc PhD2, Lorraine Maze dit Mieusement RN CIC2, Natasha Salt MHS CIC2, Finlay Maguire PhD3 , Adrienne K. Chan MD MPH12 and Jerome A. Leis MD MSc124 1Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 3Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and 4Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada