Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Research
Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, New York, USA, 2013–2017
Table 2
Equipment outside of room | ||||
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Clean supply cart | 51 | 1 (2) | 0 | 50 (98) |
Ventilator/respiratory equipment | 45 | 1 (2) | 0 | 44 (98) |
Vital sign machine | 21 | 3 (14) | 1 (5) | 17 (81) |
Normothermia system (e.g., Bair hugger) | 20 | 1 (5) | 0 | 19 (95) |
Computer workstation | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 (100) |
Thermometer | 14 | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | 12 (86) |
PPE/isolation cart/box | 12 | 1 (8) | 1 (8) | 10 (83) |
Lift/scale | 11 | 2 (18) | 0 | 9 (82) |
Glucometer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 (100) |
Housekeeping cart | 9 | 0 | 1 (11) | 8 (89) |
Dialysis equipment | 7 | 1 (14) | 0 | 6 (86) |
Suction canister | 6 | 1 (17) | 0 | 5 (83) |
Ultrasonography equipment | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 (100) |
Miscellaneous other¶ | 29 | 1 (3) | 0 | 28 (97) |
Total | 260 | 13 (5) | 4 (2) | 243 (94) |
*A total of 660 samples were collected from surfaces, objects, and equipment in the rooms of C. auris case-patients and from mobile equipment outside the rooms on the affected nursing units. In addition, 62 samples from surfaces within the nursing units but outside the patient rooms and 23 samples from outside the affected nursing units were negative by culture and PCR. The location of 36 samples could not be ascertained; 2 were positive by culture. PPE, personal protective equipment; TV, television.
†PCR positive from light cord.
‡Cultures positive from handrail and phone.
§Cultures positive from glucometers (n = 2), vital signs machine, and stretcher.
¶Culture positive from bedpan flusher.
1Additional members of the workgroup are listed at the end of this article.