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Here, we report three distinct carbapenem-resistant <jats:italic>Acinetobacter baumannii<\/jats:italic> (CRAB) outbreaks in five intensive care units of a university hospital in Berlin, Germany during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A case-control study was conducted with the objective of identifying risk factors for CRAB acquisition in outbreak situations. Data utilized for the case-control study came from the investigation of three separate CRAB outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic (August 2020\u2013 March 2021). Cases were defined as outbreak patients with hospital-acquired CRAB. Controls did not have any CRAB positive microbiological findings and were hospitalized at the same ward and for a similar duration as the respective case. Control patients were matched retrospectively in a 2:1 ratio. Parameters routinely collected in the context of outbreak management and data obtained retrospectively specifically for the case-control study were included in the analysis. To analyze risk factors for CRAB acquisition, univariable and multivariable analyses to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were performed using a conditional logistic regression model.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The outbreaks contained 26 cases with hospital-acquired CRAB in five different intensive care units. Two exposures were identified to be independent risk factors for nosocomial CRAB acquisition by the multivariable regression analysis: Sharing a patient room with a CRAB patient before availability of the microbiological result was associated with a more than tenfold increase in the risk of nosocomial CRAB acquisition (OR: 10.7, CI: 2.3\u201350.9), while undergoing bronchoscopy increased the risk more than six times (OR: 6.9, CI: 1.3\u201338.1).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The risk factors identified, sharing a patient room with a CRAB patient and undergoing bronchoscopy, could point to an underperformance of basic infection control measure, particularly hand hygiene compliance and handling of medical devices. Both findings reinforce the need for continued promotion of infection control measures. 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