Decontamination of the environment

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  • Gaseous and air decontamination technologies for Clostridium difficile in the healthcare environment

    2011, Journal of Hospital Infection
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    This is in addition to direct pathogen transfer from contaminated surfaces to patients.13 Bacterial acquisition from the environment is difficult to prove, and so the link between environmental contamination and the incidence of CDI is still unclear.11,14,15 In a hospital, cleaning of surfaces with detergent must take place, if only to improve patient confidence and staff morale.

  • Failure of dry mist of hydrogen peroxide 5% to kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    2010, Journal of Hospital Infection
    Citation Excerpt :

    Therefore, it is very important to clean and disinfect hospital environments exposed to M. tuberculosis to control the spread of infection. Disinfectants such as chlorine and 5% chloramine have been used for surface disinfection purposes during isolation, and for terminal decontamination of isolation rooms and furniture after discharge of patients with contagious tuberculosis.12–15 During the last few years, a dry mist of hydrogen peroxide (DMHP) disinfectant has been used for decontamination of rooms, medical equipment and ambulances.16,17

  • Floor cleaning: effect on bacteria and organic materials in hospital rooms

    2009, Journal of Hospital Infection
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    In recent years, a dry mist of hydrogen peroxide disinfectant has also been used in rooms contaminated with meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).13,14 Nosocomial transmission is especially associated with robust and long-living environmental microbes, such as Clostridium difficile, Acinetobacter baumannii, S. aureus including MRSA, Pseudomonas, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and norovirus.10,11,14–22 Floor cleaning mechanically removes organic soil and dirt that supports bacterial growth and also removes some of the resident flora.1–9

  • A modified ATP benchmark for evaluating the cleaning of some hospital environmental surfaces

    2008, Journal of Hospital Infection
    Citation Excerpt :

    Although the role of the healthcare environment in the spread of some infections is far from universally agreed, circumstantial evidence suggests that contaminated hospital environmental surfaces can be a risk factor for infection caused by some pathogens.1–8

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