A randomized, double-blind comparison of the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and environmental service workers

作者：Xu Hong; Jin Hui; Zhao Lan; Wei Xiaojun; Hu Liangen; Shen Linhai; Wei Lingya; Xie Lijun; Kong Qingxin; Wang Yinghong; Ni Xiaoping^*

来源：American Journal of Infection Control, 2015, 43(3): 292-294.

DOI：10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.009

• Health care-associated infections
• Environmental cleaning
• High-touch surfaces
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The hospital environment is a reservoir for pathogens, and environmental service workers (ESWs) play an important role in infection prevention. A randomized, double-blind comparison was carried out in a 23-bed intensive care unit of a traditional Chinese medical-Western medical hospital. Aerobic colony counts (ACC) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were used to compare the effectiveness of environmental cleaning between infection control professionals and ESWs. The results suggest that high-touch surfaces around MRSA patients are often not sufficiently cleaned and are even cross-contaminated by ESWs after cleaning. Further educational intervention is needed for improvement of environmental cleaning.

• 出版日期2015-3
• 单位杭州市疾病预防控制中心