ArticleCurrent infectious disease reports2015
Touchless Technologies for Decontamination in the Hospital: a Review of Hydrogen Peroxide and UV Devices.
Article in Current infectious disease reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Hygiene requirements for cleaning and disinfection of surfaces: recommendation of the Commission for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention (KRINKO) at the Robert Koch Institute.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2024Article
- Implementation of an Environmental Cleaning Protocol in Hospital Critical Areas Using a UV-C Disinfection Robot.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The use of a UV-C disinfection robot in the routine cleaning process: a field study in an Academic hospital.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2021Article
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation, Part 2: Verifying and Validating Hydrogen Peroxide Fumigation Cycles.Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · 2021Review
- WHAT'S NEW IN INFECTION ON SURGICAL SITE AND ANTIBIOTICOPROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY?Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2021Review
- Efficient Reduction of Food Related Mould Spores on Surfaces by Hydrogen Peroxide Mist.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Decontamination of microbiologically contaminated abiotic porous surfaces in an oral surgery clinic using vaporised hydrogen peroxide (VHP).Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2020Article
- Can Disinfection Robots Reduce the Risk of Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Health Care and Educational Settings?Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Control and management of multidrug resistantInfection prevention in practice · 2020Review
- Disinfection efficiency of positive pressure respiratory protective hood using fumigation sterilization cabinet.Biosafety and health · 2019Article
- Clostridioides difficile-Associated Diarrhea: Infection Prevention Unknowns and Evolving Risk Reduction Strategies.Current infectious disease reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
Reduction of microbial contamination of the hospital environment is a challenge, yet has potential impacts on infection prevention efforts. Fumigation and UV light devices for environmental cleaning have expanded into the health care setting with the goal of decontamination of difficult to clean or overlooked surfaces. In an era of increased scrutiny of hospital-acquired infections, increasingly, health care centers are adopting these "touchless" cleaning techniques as adjuncts to traditional manual cleaning. The evidence for improved clinical outcomes is lacking; yet, the experience with these devices continues to accumulate in the literature. We review the recently published data related to the use of hydrogen peroxide and UV light-based decontamination systems for cleaning of hospital rooms. Touchless cleaning technologies may provide an incremental benefit to standard practices by limiting cross-transmission of pathogens via environmental surfaces, though evidence of prevention of infections remains limited.
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