What is it about?

The correlation between Multidrug-Resistant Organisms(MDROs) contamination in the Environment and Colonization in the Rectum of Intensive Care Unit Patients.

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Why is it important?

Our findings show that contamination and colonization with MDROs, particularly multidrug-resistant-Acinetobacter baumannii, in the surrounding environment and rectums of ICU patients, are augmented with increasing of length of stay in ICU. Therefore, more efforts should be put towards the cleaning and disinfection of the surrounding environment of patients, particularly those who stay in ICU for an extended time Conventional interventions could lead to the decontamination of MDROs on the surrounding environmental surfaces, however, these procedures will not reduce rectal colonization of gram-negative MDROs. Additional measures are needed for the decolonization of endosomatic MDROs

Perspectives

The article reveals the correlation between MDROs contamination in the environment and colonization in the rectum of ICU Patients, and proposes that more efforts should be put towards the cleaning and disinfection of the surrounding environment of patients, particularly those who stay in ICU for an extended time. These findings and proposals will of great help to control the spread of MDROs in ICU.

Professor Anhua Wu
Central South University

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This page is a summary of: Association of Length of Stay With Contamination of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in the Environment and Colonization in the Rectum of Intensive Care Unit Patients in China, Infection Control, November 2015, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.282.
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