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Its ability to contaminate hospital equipment, persist on certain surfaces and develop resistance to commonly used antifungal agents makes it a critical priority pathogen. While classical hygiene measures are essential, increasing resistance to disinfectants calls for alternative approaches. One promising strategy is the use of antimicrobial materials on frequently touched surfaces to minimize the survival rate of problematic microorganisms. As literature does not provide a lot of data regarding the survival of <jats:italic>Candida<\/jats:italic> genera on surfaces, the present study was undertaken to analyze the survival\/elimination of <jats:italic>C. auris<\/jats:italic> on different common and specific surfaces. ISO 22196:2011 was used to generate an overview of the efficacy of these surfaces against DSMZ strains of <jats:italic>C. auris<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic>, respectively. The findings indicate that <jats:italic>C. albicans<\/jats:italic> can be regarded as suitable model organism for <jats:italic>C. auris<\/jats:italic>. Three clinical <jats:italic>C. auris<\/jats:italic> isolates with different genetic characteristics and\/or phylogeographic origins yielded similar results to the DSMZ strains, providing a clear indication of the antifungal efficacy of surfaces tested. While reference materials without antimicrobial additives showed no efficacy, a combination of zinc and copper achieved the required 3 log<jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub> reduction after 24\u202fh. Most effective against all fungal strains in two different types of tests was a layer of antimicrobial lacquer, which showed a significant decrease in fungal survival within 1\u202fh. 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