Compliance with statewide regulations for communication of patients’ multidrug-resistant organism and Clostridium difficile status during transitions of care

In 2014, Oregonimplemented an interfacility transfer communication lawrequiring notification of multidrug-resistant organism status on patient transfer. Based on 2015 and 2016 statewide facility surveys, compliance was 77% and 87% for hospitals, and 67% and 68% for skilled nursing facilities. Methods for complying with the rule were heterogeneous, and fewer than half of all facilities surveyed reported use of a standardized interfacility transfer communication form to assess a patient's multidrug-resistant organism status on transfer.