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. 2014 Oct;42(10):1124-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.009.

Multidrug-resistant organisms contaminating supply carts of contact isolation patients

Shane Zelencik  1 , Donna Schora  2 , Adrienne Fisher  3 , Corrinna Brudner  3 , Parul Patel  2 , Ari Robicsek  3 , Becky Smith  3 , Lance R Peterson  4 , Marc-Oliver Wright  3
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Multidrug-resistant organisms contaminating supply carts of contact isolation patients

Shane Zelencik et al. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Contamination of supply carts stored within rooms of patients on contact isolation for multidrug-resistant organisms was assessed. Despite the presence of environmentally persistent organisms, very little contamination occurred to these carts or the supplies stored within them. A single isolate containing a multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii was isolated, representing 1.3% of the 80 swabs collected.

Keywords: Contaminated supplies; Environmental cleaning; Intensive care unit.

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