ReviewAmerican journal of infection control2016
Effectiveness of ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems for terminal room decontamination: Focus on clinical trials.
Review in American journal of infection control, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 191 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of ultraviolet light-emitting technology against coronaviruses: a systematic review.The Journal of hospital infection · 2021Pooled it
- Implementation Lessons Learned From the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room (BETR) Disinfection Study: Process and Perceptions of Enhanced Disinfection with Ultraviolet Disinfection Devices.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2018Trial
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- Effectiveness of Hydrogen Peroxide Nebulization Combined with Manual Cleaning in Reducing Surface-Associated Microorganisms in an Indoor Fitness Environment.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Antimicrobial blue light against healthcare-related Candida species: in vitro efficacy and following repeated exposure for 30 days.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026Article
- Strengthening patient safety through biosafety and infection prevention measures during COVID-19: a policy and practice review.Frontiers in health services · 2026Review
- Disinfectant-induced bacterial resistance and antibiotic cross-resistance-mechanisms and clinical relevance.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Healthcare-Associated Infections: The Role of Microbial and Environmental Factors in Infection Control-A Narrative Review.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2025Review
- Distribution and Molecular Characterization of Antibiotic-ResistantPolish journal of microbiology · 2024Article
- Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections: The First Principle of Every Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Hospital Settings.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Physicochemical methods for disinfection of contaminated surfaces - a way to control infectious diseases.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2024Review
- UVC Box: An Effective Way to Quickly Decontaminate Healthcare Facilities' Wheelchairs.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antiviral and Antibacterial 3D-Printed Products Functionalised with Poly(hexamethylene biguanide).Polymers · 2024Article
- Biocontrol in built environments to reduce pathogen exposure and infection risk.The ISME journal · 2024Review
- 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
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- Efficacy of Environmental Cleaning Protocol Featuring Real-Time Feedback with and without PX-UV in Reducing the Contamination of Gram-Negative Microorganisms on High-Touch Surfaces in Four Intensive Care Units in Thailand.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Validating Methods To Eradicate Plant-Pathogenic Ralstonia Strains Reveals that GrowthMicrobiology spectrum · 2022Article
- The in situ efficacy of whole room disinfection devices: a literature review with practical recommendations for implementation.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2022Review
- Efficacy of violet-blue light to inactive microbial growth.Scientific reports · 2022Article
6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Over the last decade, substantial scientific evidence has accumulated that indicates contamination of environmental surfaces in hospital rooms plays an important role in the transmission of key health care-associated pathogens (eg, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Clostridium difficile, Acinetobacter spp). For example, a patient admitted to a room previously occupied by a patient colonized or infected with one of these pathogens has a higher risk for acquiring one of these pathogens than a patient admitted to a room whose previous occupant was not colonized or infected. This risk is not surprising because multiple studies have demonstrated that surfaces in hospital rooms are poorly cleaned during terminal cleaning. To reduce surface contamination after terminal cleaning, no touch methods of room disinfection have been developed. This article will review the no touch methods, ultraviolet light devices, and hydrogen peroxide systems, with a focus on clinical trials which have used patient colonization or infection as an outcome. Multiple studies have demonstrated that ultraviolet light devices and hydrogen peroxide systems have been shown to inactivate microbes experimentally plated on carrier materials and placed in hospital rooms and to decontaminate surfaces in hospital rooms naturally contaminated with multidrug-resistant pathogens. A growing number of clinical studies have demonstrated that ultraviolet devices and hydrogen peroxide systems when used for terminal disinfection can reduce colonization or health care-associated infections in patients admitted to these hospital rooms.
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