Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Frequency of Hospital Room Contamination and Survival on Various Inoculated Surfaces

David J. Weber; William A. Rutala; Hajime Kanamori; Maria F. Gergen; Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.17

Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Frequency of Hospital Room Contamination and Survival on Various Inoculated Surfaces

David J. Weber, William A. Rutala, Hajime Kanamori, Maria F. Gergen, Emily E. Sickbert-Bennett

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Abstract

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) only contaminated the environmental surfaces of rooms housing CRE colonized/infected patients infrequently (8.4%) and at low levels (average, 5.1 colony-forming units [CFU]/120 cm² per contaminated surface). Three species of CRE (Klebsiella, Enterobacter, and Escherichia) survived poorly (>85% die-off in 24 hours) when ~2 log10 CFU were inoculated onto 5 different environmental surfaces.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	590-593
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.17
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Infectious Diseases

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