Assessment of disinfection of hospital surfaces using different monitoring methods
| Autor: | Adriano Menis Ferreira, Denise de Andrade, Marcelo Alessandro Rigotti, Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida, Odanir Garcia Guerra, Aires Garcia dos Santos Junior |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 466-474 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1518-8345 0104-1169 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0104-1169.0094.2577 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: to assess the efficiency of cleaning/disinfection of surfaces of an Intensive Care Unit.METHOD: descriptive-exploratory study with quantitative approach conducted over the course of four weeks. Visual inspection, bioluminescence adenosine triphosphate and microbiological indicators were used to indicate cleanliness/disinfection. Five surfaces (bed rails, bedside tables, infusion pumps, nurses' counter, and medical prescription table) were assessed before and after the use of rubbing alcohol at 70% (w/v), totaling 160 samples for each method. Non-parametric tests were used considering statistically significant differences at p |
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