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The impact of environmental cleaning protocol featuring PX-UV in reducing the incidence of multidrug-resistant gram-negative healthcare-associated infection and colonization in intensive care units in Thailand.

Authors :
Vaivoothpinyo S
Sathitakorn O
Jantarathaneewat K
Weber DJ
Apisarnthanarak P
Rutjanawech S
Tantiyavarong P
Apisarnthanarak A
Source :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology [Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol] 2024 May; Vol. 45 (5), pp. 684-687. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 13.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

In this quasi-experimental study, implementing PX-UV to the standard environmental cleaning protocol was associated with a reduction in the overall incidence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative organisms ( P = .01) and MDR Acinetobacter baumannii ( P = .001) in intervention intensive care units. However, the intervention did not reduce patient length of stay and 30-day mortality.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1559-6834
Volume :
45
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38088177
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.255