title: Impact of terminal cleaning and disinfection on isolation of Acinetobacter baumannii complex from inanimate surfaces of hospital rooms by quantitative and qualitative methods.
abstract: Quantitative broth cultures were obtained from hospital rooms newly vacated by patients positive for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii complex (ABC) before and after terminal cleaning and disinfection. Of 10 ABC-positive precleaned room surfaces, 6 (60%) remained culture-positive after terminal cleaning and disinfection. Of a total of 16 room surfaces with detectable ABC by the quantitative method, 5 (31.2%; 95% confidence interval, 13.9%-55.8%) were also culture-positive by the qualitative technique.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Mercy Hospital, St Louis, MO, USA. Farrinman@gmail.com
authors.forename: Farrin A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Manian
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Griesnauer
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Senkel
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058491:Bacterial Load; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans