Improving operating room cleaning results with microfiber and steam technology
| Autor: | Carol Jackson, Dianne Treagus, Rosemarie Brown, Annie James, Elizabeth E Gillespie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Cleaning (activity)
Operating Rooms business.product_category Epidemiology Polymers 030501 epidemiology Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental cleaning Microfiber Medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Operations management 030212 general & internal medicine Infection Control business.industry Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Housekeeping Hospital Environment Controlled Disinfection Steam Infectious Diseases Advanced steam technology 0305 other medical science business Reduced cost Surgical site infection |
| Zdroj: | American journal of infection control. 44(1) |
| ISSN: | 1527-3296 |
| Popis: | Microfiber and steam technology is a novel cleaning method that has advantages for clinical applications. We describe its use in the operating room. The benefits include improved cleaning for every patient regardless of known or perceived risk, occupational health and safety advantages, and reduced cost of cleaning, allowing for expansion of cleaning activity without the need for additional human resources. Continuous surgical site infection surveillance demonstrated that infections remained at previously low levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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