title: Use of audit and feedback with fluorescent targeting to achieve rapid improvements in room cleaning in the intensive care unit and ward settings.
abstract: Environmental contamination of high-touch surfaces in patient rooms can lead to the transmission of clinically significant pathogens; thus, such surfaces should be cleaned routinely and thoroughly. Fluorescent targeting can be used to provide feedback to frontline cleaning staff on the thoroughness of room cleaning, which can result in substantial improvements in performance. We demonstrate that auditing with fluorescent targeting can be implemented in both the ward and intensive care unit settings using only modest resources, resulting in rapid improvements in cleaning thoroughness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ragan
authors.forename: Anjum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Nurana
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zeynalova
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McKernan
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baser
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005246:Feedback; D005453:Fluorescence; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*