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EIP were defined as MRSA, VRE, C. difficile and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative rods (GNRs).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X24001296_as3\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Rooms of residents with reported colonization had much greater EIP counts per Rodac (8.32 CFU, 95% CI 8.05, 8.60) than rooms of non-colonized residents (0.78 CFU, 95% CI 0.70, 0.86). Sixty-five percent of the resident rooms and 50% of the common areas were positive for at least one EIP. If a resident was labeled by the facility as colonized with an EIP, we only found that EIP in 30% of the rooms. MRSA was the most common EIP recovered, followed by C. difficile and MDR-GNR.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S0899823X24001296_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We found frequent environmental contamination with EIP in LTCFs. 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