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Bacterial Contamination of the Anesthesia Workplace and Efficiency of Routine Cleaning Procedures: A Prospective Cohort Study.
- Source :
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Anesthesia and analgesia [Anesth Analg] 2016 May; Vol. 122 (5), pp. 1444-7. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- In this prospective cohort study, 200 decontamination (cleaning and disinfection) procedures of the anesthesia workplace either by anesthesia nurses or by specially trained housekeeping staff were monitored. Time used by housekeeping staff was shorter (1.2 ± 0.1 vs 2.6 ± 0.2 minutes on average, data are mean ± SEM; P < 0.0001) with less visible marker spots (14.4 ± 0.68 [55%] vs 17.3 ± 0.75 [66.7%] on average, data are mean ± SEM; P = 0.0041), and the bacterial load showed a decrease (≅67%, P < 0.0001) compared with anesthesia nurses. Specially trained housekeeping staff outperformed anesthesia nurses in cleaning the anesthesia workplace. Specific training for anesthesia workplace cleaning is supported by these findings.
- Subjects :
- Bacterial Load
Colony Count, Microbial
Cross Infection microbiology
Efficiency
Environmental Monitoring methods
Humans
Prospective Studies
Time Factors
Time and Motion Studies
Workforce
Anesthesiology
Cross Infection prevention & control
Decontamination methods
Equipment Contamination prevention & control
Housekeeping, Hospital
Nurse Anesthetists
Operating Rooms
Workplace
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1526-7598
- Volume :
- 122
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Anesthesia and analgesia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26962715
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0000000000001220