Deployment of a touchless ultraviolet light robot for terminal room disinfection: The importance of audit and feedback

Publication date: Available online 3 November 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control
Author(s): Michele Fleming, Amie Patrick, Mark Gryskevicz, Nadia Masroor, Lisa Hassmer, Kevin Shimp, Kaila Cooper, Michelle Doll, Michael Stevens, Gonzalo Bearman
Touchless ultraviolet disinfection (UVD) devices effectively reduce the bioburden of epidemiologically relevant pathogens, including Clostridium difficile. During a 25-month implementation period, UVD devices were deployed facilitywide for the terminal disinfection of rooms that housed a patient who tested positive for C difficile. The deployment was performed with structured education, audit and feedback, and resulted in a multidisciplinary practice change that maximized the UVD capture rate from 20% to 100%.



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