The effect of terminal cleaning on environmental contamination rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

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• 作者：Paula Strassle ; BS^a ; Kerri A. Thom ; MD^a ; J. Kristie Johnsonm ; PhD(ABMM)^a ; ^b ; Surbhi Leekha ; MBBS ; MPH^a ; Matthew Lissauer ; MD ; FACS^c ; Jingkun Zhu ; MS^a ; Anthony D. Harris ; MD ; MPH^a ; ^{aharris@epi.umaryland.edu}
• 关键词：Acinetobacter ; Hospital-acquired infections ; Cleaning
• 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：December, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：40
• 期：10
• 页码：1005-1007
• 全文大小：174 K

文摘

We evaluated the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii environmental contamination before and after discharge cleaning in rooms of infected/colonized patients. 46.9 % of rooms and?15.3 % of sites were found contaminated precleaning, and 25 % of rooms and 5.5 % of sites were found contaminated postcleaning. Cleaning significantly decreased environmental contamination of A baumannii; however, persistent contamination represents a significant risk factor for transmission. Further studies on this and more effective cleaning methods are needed.