Background: The authors found that the details of the KPC surveillance program were easy for busy nurses to forget, and this graphic was developed as a quick reference card to explain how to do a rectal swab for a sample to test for the presence of KPC.
Instructions: Copies can be laminated and placed in areas where sampling materials are to be located, and where completed samples will be retrieved.
Use: This can also be used to train staff involved in implementing the surveillance program.
Sampling Process Graphic
