Daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces in isolation rooms to reduce contamination of healthcare workers' hands.

Kundrapu S, Sunkesula V, Jury LA, Sitzlar BM, Donskey CJ.

Source

Research Service, Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.

Abstract

In a randomized nonblinded trial, we demonstrated that daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces in rooms of patients with Clostridium difficile infection and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization reduced acquisition of the pathogens on hands after contacting high-touch surfaces and reduced contamination of hands of healthcare workers caring for the patients.