Infrequent Air Contamination WithAcinetobacter baumanniiof Air Surrounding Known Colonized or Infected Patients

Abstract

Using a validated air sampling method we foundAcinetobacter baumanniiin the air surrounding only 1 of 12 patients known to be colonized or infected withA. baumannii. Patients’ closed-circuit ventilator status, frequent air exchanges in patient rooms, and short sampling time may have contributed to this low burden.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2015;36(7):830–832