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D I S I N F E C T I O N
CLEANING RATES
Thoroughness Of Cleaning
After the study, the most striking improvement in cleaning rates was seen in anesthesia equipment, particularly in the cleaning of anesthesia machines. Here's how other objects fared.
Significant Improvement
Bed control panels
Mayo stands
Overhead lamps
No Clear Improvement
Floors
Intravenous poles
OR entry-door handles
cleaned 150% more frequently as a result of the study. Rightly or wrongly, anesthesia providers have been shown to have low hand hygiene compliance while providing care in the OR, despite having high rates of interactions between patients, machines and medications. Researchers have shown a correlation between the contamination of anesthesia machines and contamination of IV stopcocks, as well as an association between hand contamination among anesthesia providers and contamination of IV stopcocks. If an anesthesia machine isn't adequately cleaned between cases, for example, the
