Feasibility of routinely using hydrogen peroxide vapor to decontaminate rooms in a busy United States hospital.
During a 22-month period at a 500-bed teaching hospital, 1,565 rooms that had housed patients infected with multidrug-resistant pathogens were decontaminated using hydrogen peroxide vapor. Hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination required a mean time of 2 hours and 20 minutes, compared with 32 minutes for conventional cleaning. Despite the greater time required for decontamination, hydrogen peroxide vapor decontamination of selected patient rooms is feasible in a busy hospital with a mean occupancy rate of 94%.
BIOQUELL (UK), Andover, Hampshire, UK. jon.otter@bioquell.com
Jonathan A
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Otter
Matthew
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Puchowicz
David
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Ryan
James A G
JA
Salkeld
Timothea A
TA
Cooper
Nancy L
NL
Havill
Kathy
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Tuozzo
John M
JM
Boyce
D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects; D003237:Connecticut; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D013997:Time Factors; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance; D014835:Volatilization
D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide