The silver lining of disposable sporicidal privacy curtains in an intensive care unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 366-370

  Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Wijesooriya, W R P L I ^a   Sloane, Tracy ^a   Stuart, Rhonda L ^a,b   Gillespie, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Disposable privacy curtains; Intensive care unit; Nanoparticle silver; Sporicidal

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTACT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DISPOSABLE PRIVACY CURTAIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIVACY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

COST ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE PRIVACY CURTAINS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NANOPARTICLE SILVER; SPORICIDAL;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISINFECTANTS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT ISOLATION; SILVER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897386261     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. J.C. Catano, L.M. Echeverri, and C. Szela Bacterial contamination of clothes and environmental items in a third-level hospital in Colombia Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis 2012 2012 507640
2. M. Ohl, M. Schweizer, M. Graham, K. Heilmann, L. Boyken, and D. Diekema Hospital privacy curtains are frequently and rapidly contaminated with potentially pathogenic bacteria Am J Infect Control 40 2012 904 906
3. F. Trillis III, E.C. Eckstein, R. Budavich, M.J. Pultz, and C.J. Donskey Contamination of hospital curtains with healthcare-associated pathogens Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29 2008 1074 1076
4. R. Woodland, D. Whitham, B. O'Neil, and S. Otter Microbiological contamination of cubicle curtains in an out-patient podiatry clinic J Foot Ankle Res 3 2010 26
5. D. Kotsanas, A. Lovegrove, T.L. Sloane, and E.E. Gillespie Disposable biocidal cubical curtains: can they prevent the transfer of bacterial pathogens? Healthcare Inf 2012 87 90
6. A. Kramer, I. Schwebke, and G. Kampf How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review BMC Infect Dis 6 2006 130
7. J. Klakus, N.L. Vaughan, and T.C. Boswell Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination of hospital curtains J Hosp Infect 68 2008 189 190
8. I. Das, P. Lambert, D. Hill, M. Noy, J. Bion, and T. Elliott Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter and role of curtains in an outbreak in intensive care units J Hosp Infect 50 2002 110 114
9. M. Schweizer, M. Graham, M. Ohl, K. Heilmann, L. Boyken, and D. Diekema Novel hospital curtains with antimicrobial properties: a randomized, controlled trial Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 33 2012 1081 1085
10. D. Kotsanas, W.R.P.L.I. Wijesooriya, T.M. Korman, E.E. Gillespie, L. Wright, and K. Snook et al. "Down the drain": carbapenem-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit patients and handwashing sinks Med J Aust 198 2013 267 269
11. P.G. Bowler, S. Welsby, V. Towers, R. Booth, A. Hogarth, and V. Rowlands et al. Multidrug-resistant organisms, wounds and topical antimicrobial protection Int Wound J 9 2012 387 396
12. M. Ip, S.L. Lui, V.K. Poon, I. Lung, and A. Burd Antimicrobial activities of silver dressings: an in vitro comparison J Med Microbiol 55 2006 59 63
13. G.K. Bhat, E. Suman, A. Shetty, and B.M. Hedge A Study on the ASAP nano-silver solution on pathogenic bacteria and Candida J Indian Acad Clin Med 10 2009 15 17
14. Q.L. Feng, J. Wu, G.Q. Chen, F.Z. Cui, T.N. Kim, and J.O. Kim A mechanistic study of the antibacterial effect of silver ions on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus J Biomed Mater Res 52 2000 662 668
15. H.H. Lara, L. Ixtepan-Turrent, E.N. Garza-Trevino, and C. Rodriguez-Padilla PVP-coated silver nanoparticles block the transmission of cell-free and cell-associated HIV-1 in human cervical culture J Nanobiotechnol 8 2010 15
16. G. Rinck Comparison of antimicrobial and standard privacy curtains: efficacy and cost analysis Am J Infect Control 38 2010 E14