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Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase–Producing Enterobacterales Infection and Colonization in a Long-Term Care Facility — Ontario, Canada, May 2024–January 2025

CDC / MMWR

Aloosh M, Saeed HM, Mataseje LF
KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae transmission documented in a long-term care facility, underscoring HCW role in CRE transmission. In the U.S., CRE infections surged 69% in 2025; NDM-producing strains increased 461%. Healthcare workers in ICUs, wound care, and catheter management are at highest occupational exposure risk. Contact precautions, dedicated equipment, and environmental decontamination are the primary control measures. Clinical laboratory staff should handle CRE cultures under BSL-2 containment.

keywords: AR/AMR, BSL-2, carbapenem resistance, contact precautions, environmental decontamination, Klebsiella pneumoniae, KPC-CRE, long-term facilities, NDM

Wastewater Surveillance for Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Long-Term Care Facilities, Kentucky, USA, 2021–2022 (NEW 4/3, Website, Publication)

CDCD / Emerging Infectious Diseases

1 March 2024

Keck JW, Adatorwovor R, Liversedge M, et al.
Persons living in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. We used wastewater surveillance to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection in this setting by collecting and testing 24-hour composite wastewater samples 2–4 times weekly at 6 LTCFs in Kentucky, USA, during March 2021–February 2022.

keywords: covid-19, long-term facilities, surveillance, water surveillance

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