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ArticleRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2021

Decontamination of stainless-steel bowls with 80% (w/v) alcohol for 30 s and 60 s: randomized experimental study.

Melissa Santiloni Montanha Ramos, Patricia Leme Paniguel, Terue Sadatsune, Kazuko Uchikawa Graziano, Alessandro Lia Mondelli, Silvia Cristina Mangini Bocchi

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Article in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa Santiloni Montanha RamosSecretaria Estadual de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3084-9323
Patricia Leme PaniguelSecretaria Estadual de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo, Hospital das Clínicas, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7166-497X
Terue SadatsuneUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7208-319X
Kazuko Uchikawa GrazianoUniversidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6899-082X
Alessandro Lia MondelliUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4401-5656
Silvia Cristina Mangini BocchiUniversidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Medicina, Botucatu, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2188-009X
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRSecretaria da Saúde · BRUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveto compare the efficacy of 80% (w/v) alcohol, rubbed for 30 and 60 seconds, in the manual processing of stainless-steel wash bowls, after cleaning with running water and neutral detergent.

methodexperimental study conducted in a hospital in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, on 50 bowls randomly divided into two groups of 25 bowls each for interventions of 30 and 60 seconds of rubbing with 80% (w/v) alcohol.

resultsbased on the microbiological analyses collected, before and after the interventions for both groups, partial efficacy of the disinfectant was observed even when extending rubbing time. In both groups, there was a higher prevalence of survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with 14 strains that were resistant to carbapenems, being, specifically, 11 to imipenem and three to meropenem.

conclusionstainless-steel bed wash bowls decontaminated for reuse by 80% (w/v) alcohol, after cleaning with running water and neutral detergent, showed to be reservoirs of hospital pathogens. The use of bed wash bowls for patients with intact skin would not have worrying consequences, but considering those with non-intact skin and the contamination of professionals' hands, the results in this study justify the search for other decontamination methods or the adoption of disposable bed baths.

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DecontaminationStainless SteelBrazilEquipment ContaminationEthanolHumansEthanolStainless Steel

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