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Specifically, she wanted to know if pressure
to turn over the rooms was chasing the
housekeeping crew out before it was finished
cleaning.
She became intrigued with the concept of
UV disinfection. "Could the use of an automated system in the OR get the surfaces that
are being missed, that are critical to the next
patient?" For a 2-week study, she compared
the bacterial burden in the OR after a case to
the bacterial burden after a quick clean
(defined as cleaning the table and visibly
soiled areas) and after UV disinfection. Dr.
Bruno-Murtha was not surprised to find that
adding UV to the standard cleaning process
reduced bacterial contamination significantly.
She found that ultraviolet light room disinfection system reduced surface contamination in
the OR by 81% and air contamination by 46%.
"If researchers are able to demonstrate that
if you do this, you'll decrease your SSI rate,
both surgeons and OR leadership will
embrace [UV disinfection]," says Dr. BrunoMurtha, who presented her study findings
during the Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)
annual meeting. "But I think it's premature to
tell surgeons this will decrease SSIs but
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