Preparedness for Candida auris in Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) hospitals, 2018. (13th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garcia-Jeldes, Felipe; Mitchell, Robyn; Bharat, Amrita; McGeer, Allison
• Other Names: collab.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 41:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 361
• Page End: 364
• Publication Date: 2020-03-13
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.369
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract: We surveyed Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program hospitals to evaluate infection prevention and microbiology laboratory preparedness for Candida auris . We identified significant gaps: most hospitals were not prepared to screen patients for colonization, and only one-half of laboratories reported identifying all clinically significant Candida isolates to the species level.