Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting

In this randomized study, use of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection significantly reduced bacterial bioburden of stethoscopes in routine clinical use. Prior cleaning of stethoscopes on the study day did not affect baseline contamination rates, which suggests that the efficacy of alcohol disinfectio...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Johnson, Alexandra A., Warren, Bobby G., Anderson, Deverick J., Johnson, Melissa D., Gamez, Isabella, Smith, Becky A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
Materias:
Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10262157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35403584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.54
_version_ 1785058013819699200
author Johnson, Alexandra A.
Warren, Bobby G.
Anderson, Deverick J.
Johnson, Melissa D.
Gamez, Isabella
Smith, Becky A.
author_facet Johnson, Alexandra A.
Warren, Bobby G.
Anderson, Deverick J.
Johnson, Melissa D.
Gamez, Isabella
Smith, Becky A.
author_sort Johnson, Alexandra A.
collection PubMed
description In this randomized study, use of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection significantly reduced bacterial bioburden of stethoscopes in routine clinical use. Prior cleaning of stethoscopes on the study day did not affect baseline contamination rates, which suggests that the efficacy of alcohol disinfection is short-lived and may need to be repeated between patients.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10262157
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Cambridge University Press
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-102621572023-06-15 Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting Johnson, Alexandra A. Warren, Bobby G. Anderson, Deverick J. Johnson, Melissa D. Gamez, Isabella Smith, Becky A. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol Concise Communication In this randomized study, use of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection significantly reduced bacterial bioburden of stethoscopes in routine clinical use. Prior cleaning of stethoscopes on the study day did not affect baseline contamination rates, which suggests that the efficacy of alcohol disinfection is short-lived and may need to be repeated between patients. Cambridge University Press 2023-06 2022-04-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10262157/ /pubmed/35403584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.54 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
spellingShingle Concise Communication
Johnson, Alexandra A.
Warren, Bobby G.
Anderson, Deverick J.
Johnson, Melissa D.
Gamez, Isabella
Smith, Becky A.
Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title_full Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title_fullStr Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title_full_unstemmed Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title_short Impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
title_sort impact of alcohol-based hand-rub disinfection on bacterial bioburden on stethoscopes in a real-world clinical setting
topic Concise Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10262157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35403584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2022.54
work_keys_str_mv AT johnsonalexandraa impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting
AT warrenbobbyg impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting
AT andersondeverickj impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting
AT johnsonmelissad impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting
AT gamezisabella impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting
AT smithbeckya impactofalcoholbasedhandrubdisinfectiononbacterialbioburdenonstethoscopesinarealworldclinicalsetting

Ejemplares similares