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Daily Disinfection of High-Touch Surfaces in Isolation Rooms to Reduce Contamination of Healthcare Workers' Hands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sirisha Kundrapu ,
Venkata Sunkesula ,
Lucy A. Jury ,
Brett M. Sitzlar  and
Curtis J. Donskey
Sirisha Kundrapu
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Venkata Sunkesula
Affiliation:
Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Lucy A. Jury
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Brett M. Sitzlar
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Curtis J. Donskey*
Affiliation:
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
*
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 10701 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 ([email protected])
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Abstract

In a randomized nonblinded trial, we demonstrated that daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces in rooms of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization reduced acquisition of the pathogens on hands after contacting high-touch surfaces and reduced contamination of hands of healthcare workers caring for the patients.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(10):1039-1042

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1039 - 1042
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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