Use of a fluorescent marker for assessing hospital bathroom cleanliness
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- 作者：Mattia Fattorini ; MD<sup>asup> ; Emma Ceriale ; MD<sup>bsup> ; Nicola Nante ; MD ; DrPH ; MSc<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>bsup> ; Daniele Lenzi ; MD ; DrPH<sup>csup> ; Pietro Manzi ; MD ; DrPH<sup>csup> ; Claudia Basagni ; MD ; DrPH<sup>csup> ; Gabriele Messina ; MD ; DrPH ; MSc<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>bsup><sup> ; sup><sup>gabriele.messina@unisi.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorsup>
- 关键词：Health care-associated infection ; Hospital hygiene ; Environmental cleaning ; Italy
- 刊名：American Journal of Infection Control
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：1 September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：44
- 期：9
- 页码：1066-1068
- 全文大小：199 K
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Contamination of hospital surfaces plays a role in the spread of healthcare-associated infections. Today there is no agreement on how environmental surfaces should be cleaned and also on the correct procedure to assess cleanliness. There are different methods for the evaluation of hospital cleaning practices: among these, UV marker seems to be an effective, inexpensive and practical method. Using a fluorescent marker to assess the efficacy of daily cleaning of different surfaces in hospital bathrooms, we wanted to:
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suggest how different methods to assess environmental cleanliness can be used in a complementary manner.
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identifying potential correlations between results obtained by UV marker and microbial contamination.