Disinfection of Hospital Rooms Contaminated With Vancomycin-Resistant Entemcocms faecium
Authors:
- Karin E. ByersKBKarin E. Byers
- Lisa J. DurbinLDLisa J. Durbin
- Barbara M. SimontonBSBarbara M. Simonton
- Anne M. AnglimAAAnne M. Anglim
- Karim A. AdalKAKarim A. Adal
- Barry M. FarrBFBarry M. Farr
- 1 April 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 19 (4) , 261-264
Abstract
Sixteen percent of hospital room surfaces remained colonized by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) after routine terminal disinfection. Disinfection with a new "bucket method" resulted in uniformly negative cultures. Conventional cleaning took an average of 2.8 disinfections to eradicate VRE from a hospital room, while only one cleaning was required with the bucket method.Keywords
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