The effect of different concentrations of chlorine-containing disinfectants on high-frequency contact table in intensive care units: A quasi-experimental study

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 2; p. e0281802
• Main Authors: Li, Jing, Zhang, Yanhua, Zhang, Zhiyun, Zhang, Haixia, Wang, Xiaojuan, Wang, Fuchuan, Wang, Hongyu, Chen, Meiling
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.02.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphate; Antiseptics; ATP; Biology and Life Sciences; Bioluminescence; Chlorides; Chlorine; Chlorine - pharmacology; Contamination; Disease transmission; Disinfectants; Disinfectants - pharmacology; Disinfection; Disinfection & disinfectants; Disinfection - methods; Engineering and Technology; Fluorescence; Health care industry; Health risks; Hospital costs; Hospitals; Humans; Infection control; Intensive Care Units; Medical technology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Nosocomial infection; Nosocomial infections; Physical Sciences; Prevention; Quality control; Quality standards; Quasi-experimental methods; Research and Analysis Methods; Safety and security measures; Sampling methods; China; United States > US

The hospital environment, particularly the intensive care unit (ICU), contributes to the transmission of several nosocomial pathogens, which can survive in this setting for a longer period of time and, in turn, contaminate the surfaces or the medical tools. Thus, appropriate disinfection of these ar...