TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced disinfection leads to reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection
AU - Rutala, William A.
AU - Kanamori, Hajime
AU - Gergen, Maria F.
AU - Knelson, Lauren P.
AU - Sickbert-Bennett, Emily E.
AU - Chen, Luke F.
AU - Anderson, Deverick J.
AU - Sexton, Daniel J.
AU - Weber, David J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - In this prospective study, we monitored 4 epidemiologically important pathogens (EIPs): methicillin-resistane Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile, and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter to assess the effectiveness of 3 enhanced disinfection strategies for terminal room disinfection against standard practice. Our data demonstrated that a decrease in room contamination with EIPs of 94% was associated with a 35% decrease in subsequent patient colonization and/or infection.
AB - In this prospective study, we monitored 4 epidemiologically important pathogens (EIPs): methicillin-resistane Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile, and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter to assess the effectiveness of 3 enhanced disinfection strategies for terminal room disinfection against standard practice. Our data demonstrated that a decrease in room contamination with EIPs of 94% was associated with a 35% decrease in subsequent patient colonization and/or infection.
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U2 - 10.1017/ice.2018.165
DO - 10.1017/ice.2018.165
M3 - Article
C2 - 30060770
AN - SCOPUS:85052645925
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 39
SP - 1118
EP - 1121
JO - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 9
ER -
