Surface cleaning is a well-known control procedure against the dissemination of microorganisms in the hospital environment. This prospective study, carried out in an intensive care unit over the course of 14 days, describes the cleaning/disinfection conditions of four surfaces near patients. In total, 100 assessments of the surfaces were carried out after they were cleaned. Three methods were used to evaluate cleanliness: a visual inspection, an adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence assay and testing for the presence of Staphylococcus aureus and meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus/MRSA. Respectively, 20%, 80% and 16% of the assessments by the visual method, ATP and the presence of Staphylococcus aureus/MRSA failed. There were ...
Contaminated hospital surfaces have been demonstrated to be an important environmental reservoir of ...
AbstractVisual assessment of surfaces may not be enough to document the level of cleanliness in the ...
INTRODUÇÃO: O meio ambiente hospitalar guarda uma íntima relação com as infecções hospitalares, pode...
Surface cleaning is a well-known control procedure against the dissemination of microorganisms in th...
Surface cleaning is a well-known control procedure against the dissemination of microorganisms in th...
Abstract Background Cleaning and disinfection processes must be improved so that there is a reductio...
OBJECTIVE: to assess the efficiency of cleaning/disinfection of surfaces of an Intensive Care Unit.M...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in areas c...
In healthcare facilities, environmental surfaces may be a reservoir of infectious agents even though...
This study evaluated three methods for monitoring hospital cleanliness. The aim was to find a benchm...
Objectives: To evaluate the correlation among microbiological culture, ATP bioluminescence assay, an...
INTRODUÇÃO: As infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde são as complicações mais comuns a acomet...
In healthcare facilities, environmental surfaces may be a reservoir of infectious agents even though...
Infection Related Health Care – IRHC may occur by exogenous transmission through the contamination o...
<div><p>ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the correlation among the ATP-bioluminescence assay, visual i...
Contaminated hospital surfaces have been demonstrated to be an important environmental reservoir of ...
AbstractVisual assessment of surfaces may not be enough to document the level of cleanliness in the ...
INTRODUÇÃO: O meio ambiente hospitalar guarda uma íntima relação com as infecções hospitalares, pode...
Surface cleaning is a well-known control procedure against the dissemination of microorganisms in th...
Surface cleaning is a well-known control procedure against the dissemination of microorganisms in th...
Abstract Background Cleaning and disinfection processes must be improved so that there is a reductio...
OBJECTIVE: to assess the efficiency of cleaning/disinfection of surfaces of an Intensive Care Unit.M...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in areas c...
In healthcare facilities, environmental surfaces may be a reservoir of infectious agents even though...
This study evaluated three methods for monitoring hospital cleanliness. The aim was to find a benchm...
Objectives: To evaluate the correlation among microbiological culture, ATP bioluminescence assay, an...
INTRODUÇÃO: As infecções relacionadas à assistência à saúde são as complicações mais comuns a acomet...
In healthcare facilities, environmental surfaces may be a reservoir of infectious agents even though...
Infection Related Health Care – IRHC may occur by exogenous transmission through the contamination o...
<div><p>ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the correlation among the ATP-bioluminescence assay, visual i...
Contaminated hospital surfaces have been demonstrated to be an important environmental reservoir of ...
AbstractVisual assessment of surfaces may not be enough to document the level of cleanliness in the ...
INTRODUÇÃO: O meio ambiente hospitalar guarda uma íntima relação com as infecções hospitalares, pode...