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Inactivation and/or physical removal of Candida auris from floors by detergent cleaner, disinfectants, microfiber, and ultraviolet C light (UV-C)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

William A. Rutala ,
Austin C. Bolomey ,
Jennifer L. Cadnum  and
Curtis J. Donskey
William A. Rutala*
Affiliation:
Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina School (UNC) of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Austin C. Bolomey
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Jennifer L. Cadnum
Affiliation:
Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Author for correspondence: William A. Rutala, PhD, MPH, CIC, Division of Infectious Diseases, UNC School of Medicine, Bioinformatics Building, CB#7030, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-7030. Email: brutala@med.unc.edu
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Abstract

Contaminated surfaces may be a source of transmission for the globally emerging pathogen, Candida auris. Because floors may be a source of C. auris contamination on hands, strategies for inactivating or removing C. auris from floors were investigated. A sporicidal disinfectant and UV-C were most effective in inactivating C. auris on floors.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , March 2024 , pp. 390 - 392
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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