| Literature DB >> 23199726 |
Paula Strassle1, Kerri A Thom, J Kristie Johnson, J Kristie Johnsonm, Surbhi Leekha, Matthew Lissauer, Jingkun Zhu, Anthony D Harris.
Abstract
We evaluated the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii environmental contamination before and after discharge cleaning in rooms of infected/colonized patients. 46.9% of rooms and 15.3% of sites were found contaminated precleaning, and 25% of rooms and 5.5% of sites were found contaminated postcleaning. Cleaning significantly decreased environmental contamination of A baumannii; however, persistent contamination represents a significant risk factor for transmission. Further studies on this and more effective cleaning methods are needed.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23199726 PMCID: PMC3855251 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.05.027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Infect Control ISSN: 0196-6553 Impact factor: 2.918