Understanding The Threat...
When was Candida Auris first discovered.
What is the year 2009?
When symptoms alone are not enough to identify Candida auris you must move the research method too.
What is laboratory testing?
Candida auris most commonly spreads in these healthcare locations.
What are hospitals and nursing homes?
Candida auris is known for being resistant to many of these medications.
What are antifungal drugs?
The most basic way healthcare workers can reduce the spread of Candida auris.
What is hand hygiene?
This type of organism describes Candida auris.
What is a fungus?
This rapid molecular test can help detect Candida auris.
What is PCR testing?
Patients can spread Candida auris through this type of contact with others.
What is direct contact?
This class of antifungal medication is often the first treatment used against Candida auris.
What are echinocandins?
This action involves separating infected patients to reduce transmission, although can have difficult effects on a patients mental health.
What is isolation?
Candida auris commonly causes these serious infections in hospitalized patients.
What are bloodstream infections?
Candida auris is difficult to diagnose because traditional lab tests often do this.
What is misidentify it as another Candida species?
Candida auris can survive on these objects, helping outbreaks occur.
What are surfaces and medical equipment?
Drug resistance makes Candida auris infections especially difficult to do this.
What is treat/treat successfully?
Healthcare facilities must thoroughly perform this on surfaces and equipment.
What is cleaning and disinfection?
Candida auris primarily threatens patients with these weakened body defenses.
What are weakened immune systems?
After identification, this type of testing determines which antifungal medications may work best.
What is antifungal susceptibility testing?
People using devices like catheters and ventilators are at higher risk because of these devices.
What are invasive medical devices?
Some Candida auris strains are resistant to all three major classes of these medicines.
What are antifungal medications?
Identifying high-risk patients early through this process can help prevent outbreaks.
What is screening?
The CDC gave Candida auris this highest-level designation because of its rapid spread and drug resistance. What is the highest level called?
What is an Urgent Threat?
Doctors may collect blood, urine, or wound samples to perform this procedure which is then replicated in a lab. This is called?
What is a culture test?
These practices help prevent Candida auris from spreading throughout a healthcare facility.
What are infection-control measures?
This process helps healthcare providers determine whether treatment is working.
What is ongoing patient monitoring?
The best control strategy combines early detection, treatment, and these facility-wide practices.
What are infection-control measures?