Multiuse patient monitoring equipment as a risk factor for acquisition of Candida auris

Abstract

Introduction Introduction Methods Results Discussion References Candida auris is an emerging and multi-drug resistant pathogen recently associated with outbreaks worldwide, often in intensive care settings (1). Following the alerts issued by the CDC and PHE in June 2016 (2,3), a look back exercise in the neurological intensive care unit (NITU) in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust identified five clinical cases of C. auris infection. After the identification of an additional isolate in a urine sample, a patient and environmental screening programme was introduced in the last week of October 2016. We report here a summary of our initial findings which other affected units may wish to consider as part of their infection prevention and control measures. ...