The impact of a novel color additive for disinfectant wipes on room cleanliness and turnover time - 19/09/24
Résumé |
Background |
Contaminated environmental surfaces in the health care setting put patients at risk of acquiring health care-associated infections. Highlight (Kinnos) is a novel color-additive technology for disinfectant wipes that helps users visualize surfaces that have been cleaned by producing a transient color on wiped surfaces that fades off after effective cleaning.
Methods |
To quantify the impact of real-time visual feedback on room cleanliness and efficiency, a pre-post quasi-experimental study was conducted by comparing Replicate Organism Detection and Counting (RODAC) plate counts and room turnaround times with and without the use of the color additive.
Results |
Compared with the control group of disinfectant alone, disinfection with the color additive resulted in a 69.2% improvement in room cleanliness accompanied by a 5.9% faster room turnover time.
Discussion |
As far as we know, this study is the first to publish on the impact of a novel color additive on the environment of care as measured by microbial culturing and room turnaround times, finding advantages in both metrics relative to the status quo.
Conclusions |
The use of real-time visual feedback can improve the thoroughness of disinfection cleaning while maintaining operational efficiency.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Highlights |
• | We evaluated the impact of a color additive for disinfectant wipes on room cleanliness and tunaround time. |
• | Room cleanliness and turnaround time both improved when using the color additive. |
• | The use of a color additive may be a viable solution for reducing infetion risk. |
Key Words : Disinfection, Healthcare-associated infection, Microbial culture, Turnaround time
Plan
Conflicts of interest: None to report. |
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Work was done at: Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St, Derby, CT 06418. |
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