Hydrogen peroxide vapor room disinfection and hand hygiene improvements reduce Clostridium difficile infection, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and extended-spectrum β-lactamase

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (12) ◽  
pp. 1354-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Horn ◽  
Jonathan A. Otter
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Peroxide ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Hand Hygiene ◽  
Clostridium Difficile Infection ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant ◽  
Hydrogen Peroxide Vapor

scholarly journals A Comparison of Environmental Contamination by Patients Infected or Colonized with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus or Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Multicenter Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 872-875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren P. Knelson ◽  
David A. Williams ◽  
Maria F. Gergen ◽  
William A. Rutala ◽  
David J. Weber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Multicenter Study ◽  
Environmental Contamination ◽  
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Methicillin Resistant ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci ◽  
Environmental Surfaces ◽  
Colony Forming Units ◽  
Vancomycin Resistant

A total of 1,023 environmental surfaces were sampled from 45 rooms with patients infected or colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) before terminal room cleaning. Colonized patients had higher median total target colony-forming units (CFU) of MRSA or VRE than did infected patients (median, 25 CFU [interquartile range, 0–106 CFU] vs 0 CFU [interquartile range, 0–29 CFU]; P = .033).Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2014;35(7):872–875

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