Can pulsed xenon ultraviolet light systems disinfect aerobic bacteria in the absence of manual disinfection?

abstract

• Whereas pulsed xenon-based ultraviolet light no-touch disinfection systems are being increasingly used for room disinfection after patient discharge with manual cleaning, their effectiveness in the absence of manual disinfection has not been previously evaluated. Our study indicates that pulsed xenon-based ultraviolet light systems effectively reduce aerobic bacteria in the absence of manual disinfection. These data are important for hospitals planning to adopt this technology as adjunct to routine manual disinfection.

authors

• Jinadatha, Chetan

published proceedings

• Am J Infect Control

altmetric score

• 37.25

author list (cited authors)

• Jinadatha, C., Villamaria, F. C., Ganachari-Mallappa, N., Brown, D. S., Liao, I., Stock, E. M., Copeland, L. A., & Zeber, J. E.

citation count

• 21

complete list of authors

• Jinadatha, Chetan||Villamaria, Frank C||Ganachari-Mallappa, Nagaraja||Brown, Donna S||Liao, I-Chia||Stock, Eileen M||Copeland, Laurel A||Zeber, John E

publication date

• April 2015

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• American Journal of Infection Control  Journal

keywords

• Aerobic Bacteria Colony Count
• Bacteria, Aerobic
• Colony Count, Microbial
• Disinfection
• Enhanced Manual Cleaning
• Hospital Acquired Infections
• Hospitals
• Humans
• No-touch Disinfection
• Ultraviolet Rays
• Xenon

PubMed Central ID

• 25681301

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.012

start page

• 415

end page

• 417

volume

• 43

issue

• 4

URL

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.12.012