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In a randomized trial, a gown designed to allow easy removal at the neck and with increased skin coverage and snugness of fit at the wrist significantly reduced contamination of personnel during personal protective equipment (PPE) removal. Our results suggest that simple modifications of PPE can reduce contamination of personnel. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:97-100.
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Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Desenho de Equipamento , Equipamento de Proteção Individual , Roupa de Proteção , Contaminação de Equipamentos , Pessoal de Saúde , Hospitais de Veteranos , Humanos , Transmissão de Doença Infecciosa do Paciente para o Profissional/prevenção & controle , Ohio , PolietilenoRESUMO
Mobile ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light room decontamination devices are frequently used as an adjunct to standard cleaning in healthcare facilities, but their efficacy in killing Candida species is not clear. In laboratory testing, the emerging multidrug-resistant Candida auris and 2 other Candida species were significantly less susceptible to killing by UV-C than methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:94-96.
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Candida/patogenicidade , Candidíase/microbiologia , Candidíase/prevenção & controle , Infecção Hospitalar/microbiologia , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controle , Descontaminação/métodos , Raios Ultravioleta , Antifúngicos/uso terapêutico , Candida/efeitos dos fármacos , Candidíase/tratamento farmacológico , Farmacorresistência Fúngica Múltipla , Contaminação de Equipamentos , Humanos , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina/patogenicidade , Quartos de PacientesRESUMO
Touchscreens are a potential source of pathogen transmission. In our facility, patients and visitors rarely perform hand hygiene after using interactive touchscreen computer kiosks. An automated ultraviolet-C touchscreen disinfection device was effective in reducing bacteriophage MS2, bacteriophage ÏX174, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Clostridium difficile spores inoculated onto a touchscreen. In simulations, an automated ultraviolet-C touchscreen disinfection device alone or in combination with hand hygiene reduced transfer of the viruses from contaminated touchscreens to fingertips.
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Periféricos de Computador , Desinfecção/métodos , Contaminação de Equipamentos , Higiene das Mãos , Raios Ultravioleta , Bactérias/efeitos da radiação , Descontaminação/métodos , Microbiologia Ambiental , Desinfecção das Mãos , HumanosRESUMO
Contaminated surfaces are a suspected source for dissemination of the globally emerging pathogen Candida auris. In laboratory testing, sporicidal and improved hydrogen peroxide disinfectants were highly effective against C. auris, C. glabrata, and C. albicans. The widely used quaternary ammonium disinfectants exhibited relatively poor activity against all of the Candida species. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1240-1243.
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Candida/efeitos dos fármacos , Desinfetantes/farmacologia , Ácido Acético/farmacologia , Antifúngicos/farmacologia , Candida/classificação , Descontaminação/métodos , Resistência a Múltiplos Medicamentos , Contaminação de Equipamentos , Humanos , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/farmacologia , Staphylococcus aureus Resistente à Meticilina , Hipoclorito de Sódio/farmacologiaRESUMO
Contaminated surfaces have been implicated as a potential route for dissemination of the emerging multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris. In laboratory testing, C. auris and other Candida species persisted for 7 days on moist or dry surfaces. Candida species were recovered frequently from the hospital environment, particularly from moist surfaces. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:1107-1109.
