Bacterial Contamination inside and outside Spray Containers of Disinfectant Ethanol

For environmental disinfection, a few medical facilities use commercially available spray nozzles attached to ethanol disinfectant products or refill commercially available spray containers with ethanol disinfectants. There are concerns about microbial contamination by airborne bacteria falling duri...

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Published inJapanese Journal of Infection Prevention and Control Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 201 - 203
Main Authors NAKAGAWA, Hiroo, OKADA, Masayuki, IWAMURA, Naoya, TANIGUCHI, Syunsuke, YANAGIHARA, Katsunori, IMAMURA, Masanobu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control 25.09.2024
Subjects
disinfectant ethanol
microbial contamination
pharmaceutical hygiene
spores
spray containers
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Summary:For environmental disinfection, a few medical facilities use commercially available spray nozzles attached to ethanol disinfectant products or refill commercially available spray containers with ethanol disinfectants. There are concerns about microbial contamination by airborne bacteria falling during spray nozzle and disinfectant ethanol refills, but no studies have reported contamination. Therefore, we investigated the microbial contamination of ethanol for disinfection in 16 spray containers at three facilities in Nagasaki Prefecture that use ethanol for disinfection products with spray nozzles attached and refill the spray containers with ethanol for disinfection. No microbial contamination was observed in any container.
ISSN:1882-532X
1883-2407
DOI:10.4058/jsei.39.201