Multidrug-resistant organisms contaminating supply carts of contact isolation patients

Shane Zelencik; Donna Schora; Adrienne Fisher; Corrinna Brudner; Parul Patel; Ari Robicsek; Becky Smith; Lance R Peterson; Marc-Oliver Wright

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.009

Multidrug-resistant organisms contaminating supply carts of contact isolation patients

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

Authors

Shane Zelencik¹, Donna Schora², Adrienne Fisher³, Corrinna Brudner³, Parul Patel², Ari Robicsek³, Becky Smith³, Lance R Peterson⁴, Marc-Oliver Wright³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL. Electronic address: szelencik@northshore.org.
² Infection Control Research Laboratory, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL.
³ Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL.
⁴ Department of Infection Control, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL; Infection Control Research Laboratory, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL.

PMID: 25278409
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.009

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.

MeSH terms

Acinetobacter baumannii / drug effects*
Acinetobacter baumannii / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Environmental Microbiology*
Humans
Patient Isolation / methods*