Control of a Clonal Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a Hospital of the Basque Country after the Introduction of Environmental Cleaning Led by the Systematic Sampling from Environmental Objects
Table 2
Number of new cases, environmental isolates in rooms, and environmental isolates in common areas after introducing systematic sampling from environmental objects, during the second part of the outbreak.
Epidemiological weeks (2010)
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
Number of new cases
Infected cases
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Carriers
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Number of environmental isolates in rooms
Bed frames
4
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Monitors and infusion pumps
4
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Push button of automatic doors
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Washbasins and taps
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Other objects and surfaces1
1
2
Total of positive isolates in rooms
8
1
0
2
0
6
0
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
Number of environmental isolates in common areas
High drawer chests
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Handles, counter tops and nurse station desk
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Automated medication dispensing system
1
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Washbasins and taps
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Other objects and surfaces2
1
1
1
1
1
Total of positive isolates in common areas
3
0
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
Environmental isolates obtained from triple infusion pump (31th week), hypothermia machine (2 positive samples at 35th week). Environmental isolates obtained from hypothermia machine (11th, 24th, 31th, and 35th weeks), chair (22th week). Italic font when the number of positives was equal to or greater than 1, for a better comprehension.
