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Trial reportScientific reports2021

Assessment of cleaning methods on bacterial burden of hospital privacy curtains: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Kianna Cadogan, Sabrin Bashar, Saul Magnusson, Rakesh Patidar, John Embil, Justin P Gawaziuk, Monika Gawthrop, Song Liu, Ayush Kumar, Sarvesh Logsetty

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Hospital cleaning: past, present, and future.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Kianna CadoganCollege of Medicine, BSc Med Research Program, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Sabrin BasharDepartment of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Saul MagnussonManitoba Firefighters' Burn Unit, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Rakesh PatidarDepartment of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
John EmbilSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Justin P GawaziukManitoba Firefighters' Burn Unit, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Monika GawthropManitoba Firefighters' Burn Unit, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Song LiuDepartment of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Ayush KumarDepartment of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Sarvesh LogsettyManitoba Firefighters' Burn Unit, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Logsetty@umanitoba.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are an important global issue, leading to poor patient outcomes. A potential route of transmission of HAIs is through contact with hospital privacy curtains. The aim of this study is to evaluate cleaning on reduction of curtain bacterial burden. In this pilot cluster randomized controlled trial we compared the bacterial burden between three groups of 24 curtains on a regional burn/plastic surgery ward. A control group was not cleaned. Two groups were cleaned at 3-4 day intervals with either disinfectant spray or wipe. The primary outcome was the difference in mean CFU/cm

Indexed as

Bacterial LoadBedding and LinensBurn UnitsCross InfectionDisinfectionEnvironmental MicrobiologyHospitalsHumansManitobaMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusPilot ProjectsPolyestersPrivacyStaphylococcal InfectionsTextilesPolyesters

Identifiers

PMID34750366
PMCPMC8575993

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