title: The effect of terminal cleaning on environmental contamination rates of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.
abstract: We evaluated the prevalence of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii environmental contamination before and after discharge cleaning in rooms of infected/colonized patients. 46.9% of rooms and 15.3% of sites were found contaminated precleaning, and 25% of rooms and 5.5% of sites were found contaminated postcleaning. Cleaning significantly decreased environmental contamination of A baumannii; however, persistent contamination represents a significant risk factor for transmission. Further studies on this and more effective cleaning methods are needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Strassle
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Thom
authors.forename: J Kristie
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: J Kristie
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Johnsonm
authors.forename: Surbhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leekha
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lissauer
authors.forename: Jingkun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Anthony D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harris
mesh_terms: D000151:Acinetobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006302:Health Services Research; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010362:Patients' Rooms