Multisite evaluation of environmental cleanliness of high-touch surfaces in intensive care unit patient rooms

Joost Hopman; Curtis J Donskey; Icaro Boszczowski; Michelle J Alfa

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.031

Multisite evaluation of environmental cleanliness of high-touch surfaces in intensive care unit patient rooms

Am J Infect Control. 2018 Oct;46(10):1198-1200. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.031. Epub 2018 May 24.

Authors

Joost Hopman¹, Curtis J Donskey², Icaro Boszczowski³, Michelle J Alfa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Joost.Hopman@Radboudumc.nl.
² Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
³ Hospital Epidemiologist Infection Control Dept, Hospital das Clinicas, University of Sao Paulo and Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ St Boniface Research Centre and University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

PMID: 29803595
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.03.031

Abstract

The efficacy of discharge cleaning and disinfection of high-touch surfaces of intensive care unit patient rooms in Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United States was evaluated and the effect of an educational intervention was determined. Significant site-to-site differences in cleaning regimens and baseline cleanliness levels were observed using ATP levels, colony-forming units, and reflective surface marker removal percent pass rates. An educational intervention that includes rapid feedback of the ATP measurements could significantly improve the quality of the cleaning and disinfection regimens.

Keywords: ATP; educational intervention; reflective surface marker.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Environmental Microbiology*
Health Facility Environment*
Housekeeping, Hospital
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Patients' Rooms
Surface Properties
Touch