Pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light disinfection in a burn unit: Impact on environmental bioburden, multidrug-resistant organism acquisition and healthcare associated infections

Burns

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 388-396

  Green, Caroline ^a   Pamplin, Jeremy C ^b   Chafin, Kristine N ^b   Murray, Clinton K ^a,c   Yun, Heather C ^a,c  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Clostridium difficile; Disinfection; Environment; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; VANCOMYCIN; XENON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BURN UNIT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMMENSAL; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEVICE INFECTION; DIETZIA; DISINFECTION; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROCOCCUS; MOULD; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT ORGANISM; OPERATING ROOM; ORGANISMS; PULSED XENON ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT DISINFECTION; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; TOUCH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BURN UNITS; CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENON;

EID: 85005950379     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.08.027     Document Type: Article

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