Use of fluorescent tagging for assessment of environmental cleaning and disinfection in a veterinary hospital.
Vet Rec
; 171(9): 217, 2012 Sep 01.
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| ID: mdl-22798345
Environmental cleaning was assessed at a small animal veterinary referral hospital and associated primary healthcare facility. A convenience sample of surfaces was contaminated with fluorescent dye, and then cleaning was assessed 24 hours later by UV light visualisation. Five hundred sixty-three sites were assessed; however, 70 sites were unable to be evaluated 24 hours later because equipment had been removed or because rooms were occupied at the time of re-evaluation. Overall, dye was removed from 212/493 (43%) of sites. Site-specific rates ranged from 14% (computer keyboards and mice, 9/66 site cleaned) to 81% (examination tables, 44/54 sites cleaned). There was a significant difference in the prevalence of successful cleaning by general location (P < 0.0001) and surface type (P < 0.0001). Environmental tagging was an easy and low-cost tool to assess cleaning practices. Results prompted further infection control investigations to explain selected deficiencies, leading to identification of inadequacies in protocols and practices. Environmental tagging may be a useful infection control tool for establishing baseline cleaning rates, identifying deficiencies in protocols, evaluating the effects of interventions and education of personnel.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Desinfección
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Control de Infecciones
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Colorantes Fluorescentes
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Hospitales Veterinarios
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Servicio de Limpieza en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vet Rec
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido