we analyzed 91 samples of high-touch surfaces obtained within the first hour after daily cleaning in intensive care unit rooms occupied with patients with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). we determined that 22% of high-touch surfaces in room with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureuspatients and 5% of high-touch surfaces in rooms with multiresistant pseudomonas aeruginosa patients were colonized with the same strain as the patient.