A randomized, double-blind comparison of the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and environmental service workers - 27/02/15

Abstract |
The hospital environment is a reservoir for pathogens, and environmental service workers (ESWs) play an important role in infection prevention. A randomized, double-blind comparison was carried out in a 23-bed intensive care unit of a traditional Chinese medical-Western medical hospital. Aerobic colony counts (ACC) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were used to compare the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and ESWs. The results suggest that high-touch surfaces around MRSA patients are often not sufficiently cleaned and are even cross-contaminated by ESWs after cleaning. Further educational intervention is needed for improvement of environmental cleaning.
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• | High-touch surfaces around methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus patients are often not sufficiently cleaned and even cross-contaminated by environmental service workers after cleaning. |
• | Infection control professionals were significantly more effective in environmental cleaning than environmental service workers. |
• | Further educational intervention is needed to improve the effectiveness of environmental cleaning constantly. |
Key Words : Health care–associated infections, Environmental cleaning, High-touch surfaces, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
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| Funding/support: This work was supported by a grant from the Science and Technology Bureau of Hangzhou City (No. 20130733Q32). |
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| Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
Vol 43 - N° 3
P. 292-294 - mars 2015 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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