Reducing environmental surface contamination in healthcare settings: A statewide collaborative - 01/08/18
, Sara M. Wittig, MPH, CIC c, Lindsay V. Edwards, BS b, Robert H. Imhoff, MPP d, Bonnie DiPietro, MS, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE d, Marc J. Plisko, CIH bHighlights |
• | 88% of facilities participating in the Clean Collaborative achieved the goal of a 10% reduction in RLUs from the baseline month to the final month. |
• | Clean Collaborative-participating facilities achieved a 14.2% decrease in Clostridium difficle rates compared to only a 5.9% decrease among non-participating facilities. |
• | Window sills in patient rooms, which are not identified by the CDC as a high-touch surface area, were observed to have higher levels of biofilm. |
• | The collaborative process is an excellent tool for bringing together environmental services professionals and infection preventionists in the service of common/shared goals. |
• | Facilities implemented engineering controls and behavioral changes as a result of the Collaborative educational process. |
Abstract |
To help reduce healthcare-associated infection (HAI) rates across the state, the Maryland Patient Safety Center's Clean Collaborative (Collaborative) supported 17 acute care hospitals, 3 long-term care facilities, and 4 ambulatory surgical centers in improving environmental surface cleaning, with the goal of reducing rates of Clostridium difficile infection, which the Collaborative team selected as a proxy for HAIs. Eighty-eight percent of participating facilities achieved the program goal of a 10% reduction in relative light units from the baseline month to the final month of the Collaborative. In addition, participating facilities achieved a 14.2% decrease in C. difficile rates compared to only a 5.9% decrease among non-participating facilities (in Maryland).
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key Words : Environmental cleaning, Surface contamination, ATP monitoring, Clostridium difficile, HAI, Maryland Patient Safety Center
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| Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
Vol 46 - N° 8
P. e71-e73 - août 2018 Retour au numéro
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