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[Re-sent with attachment, thanks Glenys! – Moderator]
Dear All,
I would like to flag your attention the recently published article by one of our peers, Elizabeth Gillespie and her colleagues from Southern Health in Victoria.
* Gillespie E et al. The role of ultraviolet marker assessments in demonstrating cleaning efficacy. American Journal of Infection Control 43 (2015) 1347-9 – attached.
This study is important as:
* It was conducted in a number of hospitals.
* It supports the need not only for cleaning audits but also cleaning monitoring (i.e. on this occasion the utilisation of an ultraviolet marker).
* It demonstrates that visual auditing alone is inadequate to determine if a room has been cleaned or not cleaned appropriately – See Compliance percentages in Table 1 for both “Terminal and Daily Cleaning” and
[NB not sure this data will format correctly: refer to attached paper – Moderator]
Table 1
Results of UVM compared with visual auditing for November 2014
Site UVM compliance for terminal cleaning and daily cleaning, % Internal visual audit results, %
Hospital A Terminal: 58 97.5
Daily: 20
Hospital B Terminal: 65 85.9
Daily: 58
Hospital C Terminal: 70 97.4
Daily: 38
Hospital D Terminal: no discharges 95.2
Daily: 65
Hospital E Terminal: 90 98
Daily: no discharges* It demonstrates ongoing issues health facilities face in terms of sustaining compliance with cleaning and disinfection practices.
Regards
Glenys
Glenys Harrington
Consultant
Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)
PO Box 5202
Middle Park
Victoria, 3206
Australia
M: +61 404 816 434
infexion@ozemail.com.au
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Hmm, still no attachment…. Trying again!!
Michael Wishart
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P Please consider the environment before printing this email[Re-sent with attachment, thanks Glenys! – Moderator]
Dear All,
I would like to flag your attention the recently published article by one of our peers, Elizabeth Gillespie and her colleagues from Southern Health in Victoria.
* Gillespie E et al. The role of ultraviolet marker assessments in demonstrating cleaning efficacy. American Journal of Infection Control 43 (2015) 1347-9 – attached.
This study is important as:
* It was conducted in a number of hospitals.
* It supports the need not only for cleaning audits but also cleaning monitoring (i.e. on this occasion the utilisation of an ultraviolet marker).
* It demonstrates that visual auditing alone is inadequate to determine if a room has been cleaned or not cleaned appropriately – See Compliance percentages in Table 1 for both “Terminal and Daily Cleaning” and
[NB not sure this data will format correctly: refer to attached paper – Moderator]
Table 1
Results of UVM compared with visual auditing for November 2014
Site UVM compliance for terminal cleaning and daily cleaning, % Internal visual audit results, %
Hospital A Terminal: 58 97.5
Daily: 20
Hospital B Terminal: 65 85.9
Daily: 58
Hospital C Terminal: 70 97.4
Daily: 38
Hospital D Terminal: no discharges 95.2
Daily: 65
Hospital E Terminal: 90 98
Daily: no discharges* It demonstrates ongoing issues health facilities face in terms of sustaining compliance with cleaning and disinfection practices.
Regards
Glenys
Glenys Harrington
Consultant
Infection Control Consultancy (ICC)
PO Box 5202
Middle Park
Victoria, 3206
Australia
M: +61 404 816 434
infexion@ozemail.com.au
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