Update on C. auris – The Partners for Patient Safety Program screening and cases

January 30, 2024.Reading time 16 minutes.

2/19/2026 Update: Kindred Hospital – First Hill Seattle is no longer participating in the voluntary Partners for Patient Safety Program. As described in the blog below, this program encourages long-term acute care hospitals or other facilities that provide care for medically-complex patients to proactively screen patients for C. auris—a fungus that can cause serious infections and is resistant to […]

Controlling an emerging fungal threat: The Partners for Patient Safety program

December 28, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

A new program underway in King County is aimed at early identification of a multi-drug resistant fungus called Candida auris or C. auris. The goal of the program is to mitigate the spread of these organisms in healthcare settings including those that serve the most vulnerable.

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Update on C. auris – The Partners for Patient Safety Program screening and cases

Controlling an emerging fungal threat: The Partners for Patient Safety program