Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 40, Issue 6, Pages 559-561Publisher
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.07.013
Keywords
Environmental cleaning; Environmental contamination
Funding
- PureCart Systems, Green Bay, Wisconsin
- US Department of Defense
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Effective cleaning of the patient environment has been advocated to reduce the risk for nosocomial infection. This pilot study compared 2 terminal cleaning methods, a traditional method in which a disinfectant was applied with a wetted cloth and an alternative method in which the disinfectant was applied using the PureMist system (PureCart Systems, Green Bay, WI). There was no difference in effectiveness, with a mean relative reduction of microbial burden of 84% for the traditional method versus 88% for the PureMist method. Copyright (C) 2012 by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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