Implementation of an Environmental Cleaning Protocol in Hospital Critical Areas Using a UV-C Disinfection Robot.
high-touch surfaces
hospital environmental cleaning and disinfection
ultraviolet C light-emitting device
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 02 2023
28 02 2023
Historique:
received:
08
02
2023
revised:
24
02
2023
accepted:
25
02
2023
entrez:
11
3
2023
pubmed:
12
3
2023
medline:
15
3
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Improving the cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces is one of the core components of reducing healthcare-associated infections. The effectiveness of an enhanced protocol applying UV-C irradiation for terminal room disinfection between two successive patients was evaluated. Twenty high-touch surfaces in different critical areas were sampled according to ISO 14698-1, both immediately pre- and post-cleaning and disinfection standard operating protocol (SOP) and after UV-C disinfection (160 sampling sites in each condition, 480 in total). Dosimeters were applied at the sites to assess the dose emitted. A total of 64.3% (103/160) of the sampling sites tested after SOP were positive, whereas only 17.5% (28/160) were positive after UV-C. According to the national hygienic standards for health-care setting, 9.3% (15/160) resulted in being non-compliant after SOP and only 1.2% (2/160) were non-compliant after UV-C disinfection. Operation theaters was the setting that resulted in being less compliant with the standard limit (≤15 colony-forming unit/24 cm
Identifiants
pubmed: 36901293
pii: ijerph20054284
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054284
pmc: PMC10001687
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Xenon
3H3U766W84
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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