کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2637175 1563494 2013 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Microbial contamination of hospital reusable cleaning towels
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروب شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Microbial contamination of hospital reusable cleaning towels
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundHospital cleaning practices are critical to the prevention of nosocomial infection transmission. To this end, cloth towels soaked in disinfectants are commonly used to clean and disinfect hospital surfaces. Cloth cleaning towels have been linked to an outbreak of Bacillus cereus and have been shown to reduce the effectiveness of commonly used quaternary ammonium disinfectants. Thus, it is important to determine whether the reuse of cloth towels increases the risk of pathogen transmission in hospitals.MethodsThe goal of this project was to determine the effects of laundry and cleaning practices commonly used in hospitals for washing, storage, and disinfection of cloth cleaning towels on their microbial loads.ResultsOur results indicate that cloth towels used for cleaning hospital rooms contained high numbers of microbial contaminants.ConclusionsIn this case, hospital laundering practices appear insufficient to remove microbial contaminants and may even add contaminants to the towels. Furthermore, it has been previously reported that towels can interfere with the action of common hospital disinfectants. Either independently or in combination, these 2 factors may increase the risk for transmission of pathogens in hospitals. These observations indicate the need to critically reevaluate current hospital cleaning practices associated with reuse of cloth towels.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: American Journal of Infection Control - Volume 41, Issue 10, October 2013, Pages 912–915
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