title: Evaluation of an alcohol-based power sanitizing system for decontamination of hospital rooms of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Lucy A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Jury
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Cadnum
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jennings-Sanders
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D004202:Disinfectants