Methods for assessing the adequacy of practice and improving room disinfection

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Carling, Philip ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Carney Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Disinfection cleaning; Environmental hygiene; Monitoring of cleaning; Process improvement; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LIQUID CULTURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84876089591     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. S.J. Dancer Control of transmission of infection in hospitals requires more than clean hands Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31 2010 958 960
2. J.A. Otter, S. Yezli, and G.L. French The role played by contaminated surfaces in the transmission of nosocomial pathogens Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32 2011 687 699
3. D.J. Weber, W.A. Rutala, M.B. Miller, K. Huslage, and E. Sickbert-Bennett Role of hospital surfaces in the transmission of emerging health care-associated pathogens: norovirus, Clostridium difficile, and Acinetobacter species Am J Infect Control 38 Suppl 2010 S25 S33
4. Department of Health. Winning ways. Report from the Chief Medical Officer, London: Crown Copyright; 2003. Page 10. Available from: http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/ PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH-4064682. Accessed September 20, 2012.
5. R. Platt Time for a culture change? N Engl J Med 364 2011 1464 1465
6. E.N. Prenevich Deconstructing the Veterans Affairs MRSA prevention bundle Clin Infect Dis 54 2012 6121 6123
7. D. Pittet, and S. Dharan Allcohol-based rubs for hand antisepsis Lancet Infect Dis 10 2008 585 586
8. D.J. Morgan, D.J. Diekema, and K. Sepkowitz Adverse outcomes associated with contact precautions: a review of the literature Am J Infect Control 37 2009 85 93
9. S.J. Dancer The role of environmental cleaning in the control of hospital-acquired infection J Hosp Infect 73 2009 378 385
10. National Audit Office Report (2009). Available from: www.nao.org.uk/ publications/0809/reducing-healthcare-associated.aspx. Accessed September 20, 2012.
11. P.C. Carling, and J.M. Bartley Evaluating hygienic cleaning in healthcare settings: what you do not know can harm your patients Am J Infect Control 38 2010 S41 S50
12. P.C. Carling, J. Briggs, D. Hylander, and J. Perkins Evaluation of patient area cleaning in 3 hospitals using a novel targeting methodology Am J Infect Control 34 2006 513 519 (Pubitemid 44466124)
13. D.J. Morgan, S.Y. Liang, and C.L. Smith Frequent multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination of gloves, gowns, and hands of healthcare workers Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31 2012 716 721
14. S. Nseir, C. Blazejewski, R. Lubret, F. Wallet, R. Courcol, and A. Durocher Risk of acquiring multi-drug resistant gram-negative bacilli from prior room occupants in the intensive care unit Clin Microbiol Infect 17 2011 1201 1208
15. A.K. Sethi, W.N. Al-Nassir, M.M. Nerandzic, G.S. Bobulsky, and C.J. Donsley Persistence of skin contamination and environmental shedding of Clostridium difficile during and after treatment of C difficile infection Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31 2010 21 27
16. Speck K, Naegeli A, Shangraw A, Ross LT, Speser S, Margarakis LL, et al. Environmental Contamination with antimicrobial resistant organisms (MDROs). Abstract 157 Annual Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; Baltimore, MD, April 2007.
17. R. Mutters, C. Nonnenmacher, U. Susinc Albrecht, R. Kropatsch, and S. Schumacher Quantitative detection of Clostridium difficile in hospital environmental samples by real time polymerase chain reaction J Hosp Infect 71 2009 43 48
18. S. Chang, A.K. Sethi, B.C. Eckstein, U. Stiefel, J.L. Cadnum, and C.J. Donskey Skin and environmental contamination with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among carriers identified clinically versus through active surveillance Clin Infect Dis 48 2009 1423 1428
19. A.K. Sethi, W.N. Al-Nassir, M.M. Nerandzic, and C.J. Donskey Skin and environmental contamination with vancomycin-resistant Enteroccoci in patients receiving oral metronidazole or oral vancomycin treatment for Clostridium difficile-associated disease Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30 2009 13 17
20. Carling PC. Assessing and improving the adequacy of terminal room cleaning and disinfection. Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections 2010; Atlanta, GA, March 20, 2010.
21. Carling PC, Po JL, Bartley J, Herwaldt L; Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Group. Identifying opportunities to improve environmental hygiene in multiple healthcare settings. Abstract, SHEA 5th Decennial Meeting; Atlanta, 2010.
22. P.C. Carling, M.M. Parry, M.E. Rupp, J.L. Po, B. Dick, and S. Von Beheren Improving cleaning of the environment surrounding patients in 36 acute care hospitals Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29 2008 1035 1041
23. P.C. Carling Improving environmental hygiene in iowa hospitals: will it make a difference? The 36th Iowa Infection Prevention and Control Seminar 2012 Iowa Cedar Rapids
24. M.K. Hayden, M.J. Bonten, D.W. Blom, E.A. Lyle, D.A. van de Vijver, and R.A. Weinstein Reduction in acquisition of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus after enforcement of routine environmental cleaning measures Clin Infect Dis 42 2006 1552 1560
25. B. Hota, D.W. Blom, E.A. Lyle, R.A. Weinstein, and M.K. Hayden Interventional evaluation of environmental contamination by vancomycin-resistant enterococci: failure of personnel, product, or procedure? J Hosp Infect 71 2009 123 131
26. E.R. Goodman, R. Platt, R. Bass, A.B. Onderdonk, D.S. Yokoe, and S.S. Huang Impact of an environmental cleaning intervention on the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci on surfaces in intensive care unit rooms Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29 2008 593 599 (Pubitemid 352009383)
27. L.S. Munoz-Price, D.J. Bimbach, D.A. Lubarsky, K.L. Arheart, Y. Fajardo-Aquino, and M. Rosalsky Decreasing operating room environmental pathogen contamination through improved cleaning practice Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33 2012 897 904
28. R. Datta, R. Platt, D.S. Yokoe, and S.S. Huang Environmental cleaning intervention and risk of acquiring multidrug-resistant organisms from prior room occupants Arch Intern Med 171 2011 491 494
29. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee (HICPAC) Guidelines for environmental infection control in healthcare facilities. Environmental Surfaces, E.VI. B.2. and E.I.E.3 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta [GA] Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/pdf/guidelines/eic-in-HCF-03.pdf Accessed February 14, 2013
30. Guh A, Carling P for the Environmental Evaluation Workgroup. Options for evaluating environmental cleaning. December 2010. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/toolkits/Evaluating-Environmental-Cleaning.html. Accessed September 20, 2012.
31. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. State operations manual appendix A. Interpretive guidelines for hospitals. Available from: http://www.cms.gov/ Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/som107ap-a-hospitals.pdf. Accessed September 18, 2012.
32. O. Sherlock, N. O'Connell, E. Craemer, and H. Humphreys Is it really clean? An evaluation of the efficacy of four methods for determining hospital cleanliness J Hosp Infect 72 2009 140 146
33. A. Al-Hamad, and S. Maxwell How clean is clean? Proposed methods for hospital cleaning assessment J Hosp Infect 70 2008 328 334
34. P.C. Carling, L.A. Bruno-Murtha, and J.K. Griffiths Cruise ship environmental hygiene and the risk of norovirus infection outbreaks: an objective assessment of 56 vessels over 3 years Clin Infect Dis 49 2009 1312 1317
35. M.L. Murphy, D.A. Macbeth, P. Derrington, and P. Carling An assessment of high touch object cleaning thoroughness using a fluorescent marker in two Australian hospitals Healthcare Infection 16 2012 156 163
36. L.S. Munoz-Price Ultraviolet powder versus ultraviolet gel for assessing environmental cleaning Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33 2012 192 195
37. L.S. Munoz-Price, E. Ariza-Heredia, and S. Adams Use of UV powder for surveillance to improve environmental cleaning Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32 2011 283 285
38. K. Regan, A. Khan, N. Zeynaloba, P. McKernan, K. Baser, and M.P. Muller Use of audit and feedback with fluorescent targeting to achieve rapid improvements in room cleaning in the intensive care unit and ward settings Am J Infect Control 40 2012 284 286
39. J.M. Boyce Comparison of fluorescent marker systems with 2 quantitative methods of assessing terminal cleaning practices Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 32 2011 1187 1193
40. D. Mulvey, P. Redding, C. Robertson, C. Woodall, P. Kingsmore, and D. Bedwell Finding a benchmark for monitoring hospital cleanliness J Hosp Infect 77 2011 25 30
41. T. Pottage, S. Macken, J.T. Walker, and A.M. Bennett Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is more resistant to vaporized hydrogen peroxide than commercial Geobacillus stearothermophilus biological indicators J Hosp Infect 80 2012 41 45
42. G.S. Whiteley, C. Derry, and T. Glasbey A comparative performance of three brands of portable ATP bioluminometers intended for use in hospital infection control Healthcare Infection 73 2012 4 9
43. D.J. Malik, and G. Shama Estimating surface contamination by means of ATP determinations: 20 pence short of a pound J Hosp Infect 80 2012 354 355
44. G. Shama, and D.J. Malik The uses and abuses of rapid bioluminescence-based ATP assays Int J Hyg Environ Health 216 2013 115 125
45. M. Heller, P.A. Thompson, M.H. Loock, A. Sawchuk, and D.M. Guerrero Variability of adenosine triphosphate-based bioluminescence assay readings among drug-resistant pathogens Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33 2012 1286 1288
46. J.M. Boyce Variations in hospital daily cleaning practices Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 31 2010 99 101
47. B.A. Miller, and O.H. Sexton Shedding light on new methods to improve hospital cleanliness: the use of ultraviolet monitors as surrogate markers for bacterial contamination Crit Care Med 38 2010 1212 1214
48. S.J. Dancer Hospital cleaning in the 21st century Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 30 2011 1473 1481