Keyboard cleanliness: a controlled study of the residual effect of chlorhexidine gluconate.
A controlled trial of once daily cleaning of computer keyboards in an intensive care unit was performed comparing 2% chlorhexidine gluconate-70% isopropyl alcohol (CHG) and a chlorine dioxide-based product used as a standard in our hospital. A study before and after the introduction of once daily keyboard cleaning with CHG in the wider hospital was also completed. Cleaning with CHG showed a sustained and significant reduction in bacterial colony forming units compared with the chlorine dioxide-based product, demonstrating its unique advantage of maintaining continuous keyboard cleanliness over time.
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Rhiannon
R
Jones
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Anna
A
Hutton
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Maryanne
M
Mariyaselvam
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Emily
E
Hodges
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Katherine
K
Wong
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England.
Mark
M
Blunt
Critical Care Department, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. Electronic address: peteryoung101@gmail.com.
Peter
P
Young
D019840:2-Propanol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D017606:Chlorine Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004202:Disinfectants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D050456:Fomites / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010087:Oxides / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D017606:Chlorine Compounds; D004202:Disinfectants; D010087:Oxides; C025109:chlorine dioxide; C010882:chlorhexidine gluconate; D019840:2-Propanol; D002710:Chlorhexidine
Chlorhexidine; Cross contamination; Disinfection; Keyboards; Residual effect