Cleaning patient shower facilities: a novel approach to reducing patient exposure to aerosolized Aspergillus species and other opportunistic molds.
We previously have demonstrated that the hospital water-distribution system could be a reservoir for airborne molds that leads to secondary aerosolization of these molds in patient shower facilities. In this report, we show that cleaning the floors of patient shower facilities in a bone marrow transplantation unit reduced the mean air concentrations of molds, including Aspergillus species (from 12 cfu/m3 to 4 cfu/m3; P=.0047).
D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001230:Aspergillus; D004203:Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012499:Sanitation; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply