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Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Research

Candida auris in Healthcare Facilities, New York, USA, 2013–2017

Eleanor Adams, Monica Quinn, Sharon Tsay, Eugenie Poirot, Sudha Chaturvedi, Karen Southwick, Jane Greenko, Rafael Fernandez, Alex Kallen, Snigdha Vallabhaneni, Valerie Haley, Brad Hutton, Debra Blog, Emily LutterlohComments to Author , Howard Zucker, and Candida auris Investigation Workgroup1
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, New Rochelle, New York, USA (E. Adams, K. Southwick); New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (M. Quinn, S. Chaturvedi, V. Haley, B. Hutton, D. Blog, E. Lutterloh, H. Zucker); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Tsay, E. Poirot, A. Kallen, S. Vallabhaneni); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA (E. Poirot); New York State Department of Health, Central Islip, New York, USA (J. Greenko); New York State Department of Health, New York (R. Fernandez); State University at Albany School of Public Health, Albany, New York, USA (V. Haley, D. Blog, E. Lutterloh)

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Table 2

Environmental contamination with Candida auris in healthcare facilities, New York, USA, 2013–2017*

Equipment outside of room
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.

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1Additional members of the workgroup are listed at the end of this article.

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