title: An effective intervention to improve the cleanliness of medical lead clothes in an orthopedic specialized hospital.
abstract: Dirty medical lead clothes, contaminated with blood or other infected material, may carry ongoing bioburden, which increase the risk of hospital-acquired infection. In this study, we investigated medical lead clothes contamination levels and assessed the effectiveness of the intervention that was constructed to improve the cleanliness of lead clothes.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China; Department of Infection Control, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
authors.forename: YingJun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infection Control, The Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan, Hebei, China.
authors.forename: Fengxia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Qingfeng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China. Electronic address: 99647312@qq.com.
authors.forename: Juxiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D009985:Orthopedics
keywords: Medical lead clothes; disinfection; operating room; orthopedic operation