Objective To investigate the environmental contamination related to first patient with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) infection and the infection status of relevant patients in a newly established intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in Tibetan area, and analyze the transmission risk. Methods From the admission in ICU of a patients who was first detected CRAB on November 15, 2021 to the 60th day of hospitalization, all patients who stayed in ICU for >48 hours were performed active screening on CRAB. On the 30th day and 60th day of the admission to the ICU of the first CRAB-infected patient, environment specimens were taken respectively 2 hours after high-frequency diagnostic and therapeutic activities but before disinfection, and after disinfection but before medical activities. CRAB was cultured with chromogenic culture medium. Results Among the 13 patients who were actively screened, 1 case was CRAB positive, he was transferred from the ICU of a tertiary hospital to the ICU of this hospital on November 19th. On the 40th day of admission to the ICU, he had fever, increased frequency for sputum suction, and CRAB was detected. The drug sensitivity spectrum was similar to that of the first case, and he also stayed in the adjacent bed of the first case. 64 environmental specimens were taken, and 9 were positive for CRAB, with a positive rate of 14.06%, 8 sampling points such as the washbasin, door handle and bed rail were positive for CRAB after high-frequency diagnostic and therapeutic activities. After routine disinfection, CRAB was detected from the sink of the washbasin. Conclusion For the prevention and control of CRAB in the basic-level ICU in ethnic areas, it is feasible to conduct risk assessment on admitted patients and adopt bundled prevention and control measures for high-risk patients upon admission. Attention should be paid to the contaminated areas (such as washbasin, door handle, and bed rail) as well as the effectiveness of disinfection of sink of washbasin.