Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage.
A power sanitizing system that delivers a sanitizing mist of alcohol, rendered nonflammable by a carbon dioxide carrier, and a low concentration of quaternary ammonium compound, was easy to use, provided thorough coverage of surfaces, and significantly reduced vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus contamination on commonly touched hospital surfaces. However, it was not as consistently effective for elimination of pathogens as 10% bleach solution.
Jury
Lucy A
LA
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Cadnum
Jennifer L
JL
Jennings-Sanders
Andrea
A
Eckstein
Elizabeth C
EC
Chang
Shelley
S
Donskey
Curtis J
CJ
D000438:Alcohols / Q000494:pharmacology; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology
D000438:Alcohols; D004202:Disinfectants