Standard Infection Prevention And Control Procedures Prevented Spread Of C. Auris At Dialysis Facility, Study Finds

According to Healio (5/6, Feller), “standard infection prevention and control procedures prevented the spread of Candida auris at a Tennessee dialysis facility despite two patients there being colonized for up to 4 months during treatment, researchers reported” at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Spring Conference. Presenter Carolyn Stover, MPH, CIC, CPH, said, “This was a testament to their standard infection prevention control practices – doing them well and adhering to them, they were able have a C. auris patient and not have any transmission.”